Page 11 - Latest Updates on Electric Vehicle
The dirty secret under the hoods of electric cars no one talks about
Yet regulators haven't set out clear guidelines on acceptable carbon emissions over the life cycle of electric cars
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Not so green: Dirty batteries belie electric cars' environmental promise
While electric cars are emission-free on the road, they still discharge a lot of the carbon-dioxide that conventional cars do
Electric two-wheelers: Road to a new mobility is dotted with speedbreakers
Apart from infrastructure and electricity needed to charge an electric vehicle, it is the readiness to accept a such vehicles which is said to be much lower in rural areas
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Maruti Suzuki flags off 50 electric vehicle prototypes for field test
The flagged off proto-type EVs have been developed on an existing model of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan
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This Chinese man, and not Elon Musk, is the biggest electric-car visionary
Two decades earlier, Wan Gang persuaded China's State Council to throw its vast power behind the risky, unproven technology of electric cars
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Tata Power, HPCL partner to set up electric vehicle charging stations
The two companies will also explore other opportunities for collaboration in renewable energy
Tata Motors to M&M, weak rupee squeezes margins for electric vehicle makers
Taking into account that the localisation level in most of these vehicles is low, at less than 50 per cent, the impact of a weak rupee is high due to high import content
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Blueprint ready for EVs, expects to take its share to 15% in 5 yrs: Gadkari
It's time that India should think seriously to promote green vehicles and curb pollution, says Nitin Gadkari
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India to launch policy to promote e-mobility, fight pollution: Modi
The Prime Minister also said India's economy and reforms were on the move in this direction
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Suzuki to test 50 e-vehicles in India next month, plans launch in 2020
Suzuki said the company has decided to launch EV in India around 2020 in cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
Charging stations every 3 km in select cities, highways: Power secretary
Bhalla said that electric vehicles will become popular only after charging infrastructure is put in place
Meet the two entreprenuers working on India's answer to Elon Musk's Tesla
Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain are set to hand over the keys of their all-electric smart scooters to the first set of customers in September
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Telangana power cos want to collect Rs 6.10/unit from EV charging stations
The new tariff rates are expected to encourage people to look at electric vehicles as a viable option
Stop-start policy may paralyse Modi govt's electric vehicle push
The absence of a firm framework for battery-operated vehicles reflects the uncertainty within government of their utility in the larger global warming debate
Delhi electrician's son bags US job with annual package of $100,000
Ali was selected for a course in architecture in NIT Jharkhand, but he couldn't join due to financial constraints.
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SmartE plans to set up EV charging infrastructure around metro stations
Treasure Vase was launched by Srivastava, a former communication and marketing manager for United Technologies, India and Asia Pacific
Tata Power to set up 3 EV charging stations at Cognizant's Hyderabad campus
This is a part of Congnizant's 'Go Green' programme for its employees which will be jointly executed by Tata Power and Tata Motors
Giving electric vehicles a leg up
If electric vehicles are to become the preferred choice, easy availability of charging infrastructure and battery swapping facilities will hold the key to shifting consumer preferences
India's 'gradual' shift to electric vehicles a blow to green goal
EVs to comprise about 7% of sales in India by 2030
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Why 3 mn electric vehicle batteries will be useful even after retirement
Repurposing efforts may slow if it becomes more profitable to extract materials like cobalt and simply make new batteries
