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Last Updated: February 28, 2024, 16:55 ISTDo Electric Vehicles Contribute To Air Pollution? Here’s What Experts Have To Say. (Representative Image) (Photo: Canary Media)While electric cars have zero engine pollution, friction is still needed for the tyres and brakes to function.Several countries have prioritised the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in their efforts to meet their climate targets.Electric vehicles emit no tailpipe emissions when compared to traditional vehicles that run on fossil fuel. This has the…

Global automakers have touted plans to re-use electric vehicle (EV) batteries when they lose power, but competition for battery packs and cell materials, and the appetite for affordable cars cast doubt on this part of the circular economy.An array of startups offers second-life energy storage using old EV batteries. But creating the viable industry envisioned by carmakers such as Nissan would mean fighting off competition from recyclers, refurbishers and the needs of drivers squeezed by the cost-of-living crisis. "The…

The global demand for Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles is projected to be up to 2-4 TWhr per year by 2030. This corresponds to global demand of Lithium production to be around 1-2 million tons and that of Cobalt to be 300-500 Kiloton.Globally, there is a wave of technology disruption in the energy and transportation industries. Although clean power generation technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbines, and clean transportation technologies such…

OEMs, supply chain companies, Charge Point Operators (CPOs), and other EV aggregators must come together to develop a holistic EV ecosystem.Over the years, the Indian electric vehicle (EV) industry has grown manifold and is capable of competing at the global level. With increasing sales, government initiatives, innovation of technology, and the surge in demand for EVs, the country is moving in the direction of becoming a global EV technology hub. The recent discoveries…

Over the past several months, though, battery companies and automakers in China have announced forays into a new kind of battery chemistry that replaces lithium with sodium. These new sodium-ion batteries could help push costs down for both stationary storage and electric vehicles, if the technology can meet the high expectations that companies are setting. In March, JAC Motors, an automaker based in China, released photos of a chartreuse car that it said was the world’s first vehicle built with sodium-ion batteries.…

Manufacturing is a one-way business. Raw materials go into a factory and finished products come out. Once…

As two-wheeler EV adoption sees a tremendous rise in India, Suchit Jain, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Dassault Systemes, believes that the country is a great "use case" for the EV market a sector which will see an explosion in the next five years.The automotive, electric 2-wheelers (E2W) market grew by more than 300 percent (year-on-year) in 2022.By 2025, the share of E2Ws and connected 2-wheelers (C2W) will both cross 50 percent, according to a report by Cybermedia Research (CMR)."The typical…

The Centre's Department of Science and Technology (DST) and green think tank, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), have collaborated to create a platform that will support the development of new electric vehicle (EV) batteries to suit Indian requirements. A white paper will be prepared on a roadmap to develop new battery technologies in India. This would be followed by the creation of an expert-industry forum or platform to support this process, the CSE said in a statement. This collaborative initiative was…

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways recently announced that more stringent battery safety regulations for electric vehicles will take effect from October 1, pushing the industry to prepare for the big change while keeping new challenges in mind. The ministry had established an expert committee led by Tata Narsingh Rao, Director of Hyderabad’s ARCI, in response to recent reports of fire incidents involving electric two-wheelers in various parts of the country. Based on the committee report’s recommendations,…

The Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco Industries, which produces aluminium, has partnered with Israeli battery producer Phinergy and IOP, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation and Phinergy, to create aluminium-air batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). According to a statement released by Hindalco, Phinergy and IOP will collaborate exclusively with the Aditya Birla Group company in India on research and development, pilot production, and recycling of aluminium once it has been used in aluminium-air batteries.…