carandbike recently engaged in a conversation with Anant Badjatya, who is the CEO at Sun Mobility. We discussed Sun Mobility’s partnership with him along with conversation around electrification in India.
The Mercedes-Benz EQB, which will be the company's third EV for India after the EQC electric SUV and EQS electric sedan, is expected to be launched sometime before the end of 2022.
The plan envisages a 14-fold increase in the number of charging stations, climbing to 1 million by 2030 from around 70,000 now. It would focus on building them in local municipalities which are currently undersupplied.
The deal allows the luxury carmaker to supply its battery partners with raw material, starting in 2026, including a qualification period, in order to rapidly scale up production of fully electric vehicles, it said in a statement.
Tesla Inc is starting Semi electric commercial truck production and PepsiCo Inc will get the first deliveries on Dec. 1, the electric vehicle maker's chief Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday.
The Green NCAP had tested the Nissan Qashqai equipped with the 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol engine coupled to a 0.12 kWh mild-hybrid system, which will eventually make its way to India next year.
