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Electric vehicles sales in India to touch 1 million units this year: SMEV

Sales of total electric vehicles in India are expected to be around 10 lakh units this year, equal to what was sold collectively in the last 15 years, SMEV said

LML names Partha Choudhary COO amid plans to disrupt EV market

E-mobility expert Choudhary held top positions at Hero Motors and Yamaha and has contributed significantly to LML as Sales & Marketing Head between 2006-2017

TVS Motor appoints Venkat Viswanathan as advisor for electric mobility biz

Viswanathan is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and is a global leader in advanced batteries for electric mobility.

Sony plans to enter electric vehicle market with new company this year

Japan's Sony Group Corp plans to launch a company this spring to examine entering the electric vehicle market

How Tesla weathered global supply chain issues that knocked rivals

San Francisco (Reuters) -Tesla Inc's ability to design components in-house gave the automaker agility in making tweaks to parts and coping with supply chain issues that hit other automakers much harder, sources and experts said.

Munjals move court to claim Hero brand for electric vehicle business

The legal battle comes at a time when Hero MotoCorp is gearing up to enter the EV business by March this year.

Tesla starts 2022 with gains as bumper delivery numbers charge up shares

Shares of the world's most valuable carmaker ended up 13.5% at $1,199.78 each on Monday, marking the biggest daily percentage gain in nearly 10 months.

Why VCs are backing newer EV start-ups despite the OATS phenomenon

Early-stage funding in the segment rose almost three times to $74 million in 2021 compared to the previous year

EV maker Ampere inaugurates its first experience centre in Tamil Nadu

Greaves Cotton's e-two-wheeler arm Ampere on Monday inaugurated its first and one-of-a-kind experience centre at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu

Tesla delivers close to 1 million vehicles in 2021, an 87% increase

Tesla has delivered a record 936,172 vehicles in 2021, an 87 per cent increase over the 499,550 vehicle deliveries Tesla made in 2020.

China stares at 1 mn EV shortfall due to chip shortage in 2022

A resurgence of Covid-19 around Southeast Asia this summer disrupted production at several chip foundries

All Ola S1, S1 Pro electric scooters from first batch dispatched: CEO

After facing a long wait owing to production-related delays caused by global chip shortage, Ola Electric revealed that it has dispatched all units of its S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters to customers

Ola Electric begins rollout of charging points for its EVs across India

Ola Electric has built its Futurefactory. At full capacity of 10 million vehicles annually, it would be the world's largest two-wheeler factory and would handle 15 per cent of the world capacity

Bajaj Auto sets up Rs 300 crore EV manufacturing facility in Pune

Akurdi is the site of the original Chetak scooter factory that made Bajaj Auto a household name in India

Bajaj Auto to set up Rs 300 crore EV manufacturing facility in Pune

Bajaj Auto Ltd on Wednesday said it will set up an electric vehicle manufacturing facility at Akurdi in Pune with an investment of Rs 300 crore. The facility, for which the work has already commenced, will have the capacity to produce 5,00,000 Electric Vehicles (EVs) per annum and cater to both domestic and exports markets, the company said in a release. The first vehicle from the new unit, spread over half-a-million square feet space, is expected to be rolled out by June 2022. The unit will employ around 800 personnel. Akurdi is the site of the original Chetak scooter factory. "In 2001, Bajaj 2.0 took off on the roaring Pulsar, in 2021, Bajaj 3.0 arrived on the charming Chetak. Going forward, for the Bajaj portfolio, except for implementing one state-of-the-art ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) platform that is currently under development, all our R&D drive train resources are now laser focused on creating EV solutions for the future. "This alignment reflects our belief that ...

Amara Raja to invest in Europe-based EV battery maker InoBat Auto

The initial investment will give the company a key foothold in the thriving European EV ecosystem

Company of the year - Ola

Ola is rapidly expanding into other businesses and has made a potentially game-changing pivot to make electric vehicles. Take a look at how 2021 has turned out to be a year of reckoning for Ola

JSW Group launches employee-friendly electric vehicle policy across country

Company will give financial incentives, free-of-cost dedicated charging stations and parking slots at its plants.

'Delhi govt to ask Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato to completely switch to EVs'

Delhi govt is also going to ask dealers and petrol pumps to not give fuel to vehicles without a pollution-under-check certificate, say officials

Delhi govt to ask aggregators to completely switch to electric vehicles

The Delhi government is going to ask e-commerce companies, food delivery services and cab aggregators to completely switch to electric vehicles