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Simple Energy to manufacture electric 4Ws as part of future product range

Bengaluru-based EV maker Simple Energy, which launched its maiden e-scooter offering Simple One across 13 states this month, is looking to manufacture an electric four-wheeler as part of its future product range, its founder and CEO Suhas Rajkumar has said. As part of its short-term plans, the start-up is readying to launch a business-to-business (B2B) product by this year-end besides an e-bike by next year in addition to a new powertrain in the next one to one-and-a-half year, he said. "We are looking at going multiple and we are looking at obviously a four-wheeler as our future planning. We have a vision that is there. That is the reason we are increasing our R&D (research and development) team as well," Rajkumar told PTI. Emphasising that as a company it wanted to grow with multiple product offerings, he said, "We are just not looking at improvising the current product offering. We want to introduce into different sections in the automobile itself." He, however, said the ...

Govt working on establishing charging infra for EVs across country: Min

Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Wednesday said the government is working on establishing charging infarstructure across the country

A good time to buy an electric two-wheeler, hold on if it's a car you want

A range of options and easy buying terms tilt the scales in favour to e-scooters; electric cars, on the other hand, are too expensive currently

Electric vehicle start-ups hunt for low-cost roads to mass production

A few have found investors willing to hand over billions to fund their journey

13 states have approved, notified dedicated EV policies: Minister

As many as 13 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka, have approved or notified dedicated policies to promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar said that as per information received from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), battery is an important part of electric vehicles and it is estimated that battery price is around 30-40 per cent of the vehicle price. "Thirteen states (Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Gujarat, West Bengal) have approved/notified dedicated EV policies to promote adoption of electric vehicles," he said. In a separate reply, he said the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a national mission document providing the vision and the road map for the faster adoption of electric vehicl

You won't see Teslas in India anytime soon: Elon Musk will tell you why

The country's age-old, protectionist instincts have kept out international auto companies for decades.

e-Nexon to contribute 5% of company's PV sales soon: Tata Motors CFO

Firm plans to launch 10 electric vehicles by 2025, N Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Motors said in a letter to shareholders

About 90% consumers in India willing to pay a premium for buying EV: Survey

The top reason for buying an EV is environmental concern

Analysts prefer auto ancillary stocks over OEMs as states push EV policies

Nomura believes that if new players' vehicles sell well, multiples of incumbent OEMs like Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto may de-rate

Magenta sets up largest public EV charging station in Navi Mumbai

EV solutions provider Magenta announced setting up of the country's largest public EV charging station in Navi Mumbai as part of its plans to provide 4,000 charging facilities by March next year.

India's electric vehicle sales to grow at 26% in FY21-23: Fitch Solutions

The recently announced EV incentives by India along with high fuel prices will be supporting factors for stronger adoption over 2020-2023, leading to an average annual growth rate of 26%, Fitch said

TVS Motor slashes price of iQube electric scooter by Rs 11,250

The electric scooter is now priced at Rs 1,00,777 in Delhi

Delhi Govt to begin single window facility for EV-charging scheme

The electric vehicles scheme of Delhi government was launched last year aiming to reduce fuel-running vehicles up to 25 per cent by 2024.

Status check: Are there enough charging points to make EVs viable?

With one-fourth the range of gasoline powered vehicles on a full tank, EVs have seldom been the primary vehicles of choice and evoke, what is called, "range anxiety"

These entrepreneurs are turning their fleet into e-scooters after Covid hit

Bounce has crossed six million km on its electric scooters fleet, using a network of kirana owners, who have enabled over 150,000 battery swaps

Ola Electric to set up world's largest EV two-wheeler charging network

Ola Hypercharger Network will also be the densest network, spread over 400 cities with more than 100,000 charging points

Sales of electric vehicles in India fell 20% to 236,802 units in FY21: SMEV

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle (SMEV) on Thursday said sales of EVs in India fell 20 per cent in the financial year 2020-21 to 2,36,802 units

Hyundai Motor to phase out Kona EVs in domestic market amid recalls

The firm looks to shift its focus to Ioniq 5 EVs

Bajaj puts brakes on bookings of e-scooter Chetak due to high demand

Attributes move to supply chain uncertainties, receives 'overwhelming' response for model

Can EV manufacturer Tesla win India? Most US carmakers have failed

Most American car-makers have failed in making their gambit one to watch