Electric Vehicles in India

Harjeet Singh, a Pune-based businessperson, bought a Nexon EV last January. The 49-year-old, however, never took it for a long drive due to the nagging worry that it might run out of charge en route. This was until he discovered that seven high-speed charging stations had come up along the 600 km Mumbai-Indore highway. “Now I travel regularly on that route, without any range anxiety,” he says.Like Singh, many people are travelling long distance on their electric vehicles (EVs) as more charging stations are being…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the 2022 Union Budget in February, during which she stressed on the importance of electric mobility, and switching to sustainable and clean options. Meanwhile, many states have also introduced electric vehicle policies to boost the faster adoption of EVs in India, while focusing on charging infrastructure. Available data has highlighted the fact that the introduction of several policies and the central government’s continuous push for the adoption of EVs have resulted in…

Ola electric chief Bhavish Aggarwal has announced that the booking window for the S1 and S1 Pro will open again tomorrow. Ola is giving options to it customers to choose finance and colour options online before finalizing the booking ahead of deliveries, which are expected to take place soon. Here are quick pointers before we tell you the features and variants- 1) Variants Ola has launched the scooter in two variants, depending on the needs of the customers – S1 and S1 Pro. The first variant is a base variant will less…

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has decided to visit Indonesia in November this year, as he reportedly wraps up Tesla operations in India amid continuous requests from top ministers and senior politicians to come and manufacture electric cars in the country. The Indonesian government wants Musk to set up a world-class electric batteries industry as the country has vast nickel reserves. Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo met Musk in Starbase, SpaceX’s rocket production facility, test site, and spaceport in Boca…

There may be more fires in electric scooters in the future but such incidents are very rare, the chief executive of India’s Ola Electric said at a private company event, after safety concerns were heightened by a fire in one of its scooters in March.Ola’s e-scooter fire was among a spate of similar recent incidents that triggered an uproar on social media and an investigation by the Indian government.The company, backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group, has recalled more than 1,400 e-scooters and appointed external experts to…

Elon Musk-run Tesla has once again halted production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai as the company is now facing logistics problems amid a fresh surge in Covid infections, the media reported.According to South China Morning Post, supply-chain breakdown paused production at Tesla’s Shanghai assembly plant.The plant had resumed production only recently amid Covid-19 lockdowns in the city.Tesla said in a statement that logistics problems caused a delay in the delivery of car components to its Gigafactory 3.“The factory…

Data shows there is enough nickel and lithium to produce up to 14 million electric vehicles (EVs) globally in 2023, so Europe should secure more raw materials to shift away from oil faster, campaign group Transport and Environment (T&E) said.In a study based on BloombergNEF data on global maximum volumes of EV battery-grade nickel and lithium, T&E said that in 2025 there would be enough to make 21 million EVs globally.Excluding Russian nickel, T&E said there should be sufficient raw materials for 19 million…

Aiming to use green technology to help tourists travel around Goa, the state government has sent a proposal to the central government to procure 500 electric buses to improve the bus transport network in coastal state. The move comes in the wake of facilitating travel of tourist and people of the state.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had recently said that to promote Monsoon tourism, hinterland tourism and explore wildlife sanctuaries of the state, paid public transport on weekends will be started.Goa government’s…

Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech on Monday said that the fire at its dealership in Tamil Nadu was due to an electric short-circuit in the building.Okinawa, which recalled 3,215 units of its ‘Praise Pro’ scooters on April 16, just before the dealership was engulfed in flames in Tamil Nadu, said in a statement shared with IANS that no EV scooter or battery fire started the incident.“The fire was due to an electric short-circuit in the panel wiring in the building. The dealership has also confirmed the…

Trials are underway to deploy electric vehicles for tourist transportation at the renowned Ellora Caves complex in Aurangabad in Maharashtra, an official said on Monday. He said the firm implementing the scheme at the world heritage site, some 30 kilometres from here, is testing two EVs and the results would be known in a few days.The Ellora complex, comprising Hindu, Buddhist and Jain caves spread over 2.2 square kilometres, is visited by thousands of people and the electric service plan was initiated by the…