Electric Mobility

Seshan Vijayraghvan

Mar 5, 2021, 1:05 AM

Piaggio Signs Letter Of Intent With KTM, Honda And Yamaha To Create A Swappable Batteries Consortium

Piaggio Group has announced signing a letter of intent with other two-wheeler manufactures - KTM AG, Honda Motor Co., and Yamaha Motor Co., to setup up a Swappable Batteries Consortium for Motorcycles and Light Electric Vehicles.

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  Sameer Contractor | Mar 5, 2021

  Volkswagen Imagines ID.3 e-Convertible In Sketches

  If greenlit, the Volkswagen ID.3 Convertible will be the brand's first all-electric open-top offering and will share its underpinnings and equipment with the ID.3 hard-top currently on sale in Europe.

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  Reuters | Mar 4, 2021

  Hyundai Motor Revises Down Fourth-Quarter Operating Profit After Costly Kona EV Recall

  South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co revised down its fourth-quarter operating profit by nearly a fifth after a costly $900 million recall to replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally.

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  Sameer Contractor | Mar 4, 2021

  Euler Motors Raises Rs. 30 Crore, To Utilise For New Production Facility, Business Expansion

  Euler Motors has raised Rs. 30 crore in the fresh round of funding that will be used for a new facility and R&D activities, while the start-up is gearing up to introduce an all-new electric cargo three-wheeler later in the year.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 4, 2021

  Police Seize 151 Cars With Banned BS4 Engines, Arrests Nine People

  Navi Mumbai police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a pan-India racket with the arrest of nine persons, who were involved in the illegal sale of cars with BS-IV engines. Talking to reporters, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh said a team of the crime branch seized 151 cars worth Rs 7.15 crore from the accused.

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  Reuters | Mar 4, 2021

  Honda To Sell Limited Batch Of Level Three Self-Driving Cars

  The Japanese automaker's plan to sell 100 of the vehicles with the advanced technology would represent a significant step towards its goal of being the first company to mass produce a car with level 3 technology.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 4, 2021

  Volkswagen's Market Value Crosses 100 Billion Euro Mark For The First Time Since 2015

  When the market value of Germany's Volkswagen briefly rose above the 100-billion-euro mark on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, the boss of the normally staid carmaker took to Twitter, Elon Musk-style, to crow about it.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 4, 2021

  Number Of Germany's Electric Vehicle Charge Points Rise 10% Since December

  The number of charging points for electric vehicles in Germany has increased by more than 10% in the past three months to reach 39,538, energy industry association BDEW said.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 4, 2021

  Chinese Telecoms Firm ZTE Preparing Electric Vehicle Product Line

  Telecoms equipment maker ZTE Corp is joining a number of Chinese technology companies entering the electric vehicle market as it looks to build a team for a new product line, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.

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