Page 4 - Electric Car Battery

Powering mobility

Big push for charging infrastructure is a must for EV penetration

Cheaper electric cars may help oil firms to green their businesses faster

Batteries are expected to only make up only 15% of a vehicle's total costs by 2030, compared with 30% today.

LG Chem plans to separate electric car battery business as a new company

South Korea's LG Chem said it plans to separate its battery business as a new company in December

Signs of green shoots in passenger vehicles and two-wheelers: Exide

Chatterjee informed that two new companies - MG Motor (with its Hector model) and KIA Motors (with its Seltos) started this year with 100 per cent use of Exide batteries

Indian Oil launches battery swapping facility for quick recharge of EVs

India's top oil firm IOC on Friday launched a battery swapping facility for EVs at its petrol pumps, offering to replace discharged batteries with fully charged ones in just couple of minutes.

Tesla's new long-life batteries may bring EVs cost in line with petrol cars

For months, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has been teasing investors, and rivals, with promises to reveal significant advances in battery technology during a "Battery Day" in late May.

The e-car tipping point

While China is eyeing an ambitious target for EVs by 2025, India is opting a more gradual transition

Tesla challenger China Evergrande Group vows to debut electric car in 2020

The car, to be sold under the 'Hengchi' brand, will debut in the first half of next year, with mass production starting in 2021, the company said in a statement

Working strongly on EV charging framework, battery recycling, says NTPC

NTPC had earlier said it has signed pacts with cab aggregators Ola, Lithium, Shuttl, Bikxie, Bounce, Electrie and Zoom Car for creation of public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Will launch EV in India by 2022 but govt must build ecosystem: Renault

Stating that India is still not equipped with the ecosytstem for EVs, Renault India CEO and MD Venkatram Mamillapalle said launching EVs now and "having the cars in the garages makes no sense"

Battery over fossil fuels: EVs may make up half of global car sales by 2040

Predictions are that battery-fueled electric cars will outsell those that run on gasoline by 2040