Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Arvind Ganpat Sawant inaugurated a new testing and development facility at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) at Manesar, Haryana. Along with the inauguration of the new testing facility, a technology appreciation drive was als... Read more

Elon Musk said he’s never seen a factory-built so quickly, and now he about finds out if it’s up to the task. Tesla Inc.’s new Shanghai Gigafactory, which only broke ground in January, is weeks from starting mass production of electric sedans. China’s first plant wholly owned by a foreign c... Read more

The union cabinet on Wednesday, November 6, gave approval to a pact between India and Guinea in the field of renewable energy. “The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for the MoU between India and Guinea in the field of Renewable Energy,” an offici... Read more

Two years. That’s how long Nitin Gadkari, India’s transport minister, believes India will take to switch from using fuel-powered buses to electric ones for public transport. Gadkari made this prediction in September. That’s a bold prediction considering it has barely been a year since India s... Read more

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to introduce a compact electric car in India in the next few years in alliance with Suzuki Motor Corp., Shigeki Terashi, executive vice-president and member of the board of Toyota, said on Tuesday. “Suzuki has a larger share of the Indian market and we have announced our ... Read more

London-based Highview Power will install the first commercial, large scale ‘cryogenic’ energy storage system in the United Kingdom as part of broader plans to build a fleet of 50 MW/250 MWh “liquid air” facilities. Highview will install its first CRYOBattery at an unidentified decommissione... Read more

Toyota has reiterated its commitment to introducing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the Indian market. Toyota's chief technology officer, Shigeki Terashi, has confirmed that Toyota India’s first all-electric car will be co-developed with Maruti. “India is one of the countries we have in mind... Read more

Global supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50% in the next five years, powered by a resurgence in solar energy. The International Energy Agency (IEA) found that solar, wind and hydropower projects are rolling out at their fastest rate in four years... Read more

India plans to build a string of renewable energy projects along its sun-baked, wind-whipped western border, officials said Monday, as New Delhi continues an ambitious program to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels. Mired in an economic slowdown, the government has tripled spending over... Read more

The Chinese government recently reportedly gave Tesla authorization to start Model 3 production at Gigafactory 3, but a Tesla executive has now said that production is ready and they are waiting for the green light from the government. In recent weeks, we have been reporting on Tesla ramping up its ... Read more

With the interest around electric mobility growing in India, many states are preparing to adopt mass-scale electric mobility, with some wanting to take a lead. The Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh is one such region. The administration has prepared a draft EV policy, which has been seen by our sis... Read more

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a 316 MW / 2528 MWh (that’s 8 hours!) energy storage facility (pdf) to “provide peak capacity, energy, and ancillary services in New York City while enhancing grid reliability”. Ravenwood Development (owners of the current gas pla... Read more