The new Pure EV ETrance+ electric scooter promises a range of 65 km on a single charge from its 1.25 kWh portable lithium-ion battery and a top speed of 25 kmph. The high-speed variant is also under development, claims the company.
Customers need to book the Okinawa electric scooter online today on the occasion of India's 74th Independence Day, and the gift voucher will be delivered along with the vehicle later to the owner.
The new government policy will allow electric two-wheeler and three-wheeler makers to retail the battery separately from the vehicle in a bid to lower the acquisition cost of the offering. Here's what the EV industry has to say about the bold move.
The Indian government says that sales and registration of electric two-wheelers and electric three-wheelers without batteries will be allowed in the country. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways noted that this will be beneficial in adoption of EVs, with costs coming down.
Electric commercial truck maker Nikola Corp of Phoenix, Arizona, tried unsuccessfully to raise $1 billion (766 million pounds) in the private markets and only turned to a merger with a so-called blank-check company to go public as a way to raise the needed funds, its chief financial officer said.
Hyundai Motor Co stock jumped as much as 10.2% on Monday to its highest price since May 2018, after the automaker said it would create a family of Ioniq-brand electric vehicles (EVs) as it aims to become the third-largest EV maker by 2025.
