Electric Mobility

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Feb 5, 2019, 5:17 PM

Tesla To Buy Battery Tech Maker Maxwell Technologies For $218 Million

Tesla To Buy Maxwell Technologies as it is rapidly increasing production of its Model 3 sedan and needs to lower the price to reach a broader customer base than its pure luxury vehicles.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 4, 2019

  Hero Electric Is Offering Old Petrol Two-Wheeler Owners An Exchange Bonus Of Rs. 6000 To Switch To Electric Bikes

  In a bid to promote electric mobility in the country, Hero Electric has announced a unique initiative for customers to switch from old petrol-powered two-wheelers to electric bikes. The manufacturer is offering flat Rs. 6000 over and above the market value of these old petrol two-wheelers that are either unsaleable or are at the end of their lifecycle and moving to the scrap yard. Hero says that these vehicles manage to consume twice as much as petrol for the same distance than a BS4 compliant vehicle, which makes them heavy contributors to the pollution crisis across our cities. The company states that at least five crore very old and polluting petrol two-wheelers are currently plying on Indian roads.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 2, 2019

  Shell Open To Carmaker Partners In EV Charging Expansion

  Shell is open to partnerships with carmakers to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging beyond its petrol stations, one of the oil major's executives said.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 1, 2019

  Interim Union Budget 2019: EVs To Drive Transport Revolution But No Concrete Incentives Announced

  Most of the improvements suggested by the industry included promoting the manufacture and use of electric vehicles, reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, air pollution and crude imports.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 1, 2019

  Kerala Sets EV RoadMap; Targets 1 Million Electric Vehicles By 2022

  In his Budget Speech on Thursday, January 31, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that by 2019-20, Kerala RTC buses will be replaced by electric buses. The complete switch to electric buses will start from Thiruvananthapuram

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  car&bike Team | Feb 1, 2019

  Union Budget 2019: SIAM Welcomes Government's Cut On Import Duty For Electric Vehicle Components

  The Society For Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has welcomed the central government's move to lower the import duty on CKD and SKD of electric vehicle components. The notification issued by the government earlier this week stated that the parts and components for electric vehicles imported in the country will be lowered by 10 to 15 per cent. Previously, the vehicle parts and components imported for assembly in India attracted an import duty of 15 to 30 per cent. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has created a separate category for parts and components for electric vehicles. The CBIC has also removed customs duty exemption to battery packs for electric vehicles and also doubled the duty on battery packs for mobile phones.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 31, 2019

  Mitsubishi Teases Engelberg Concept Ahead of 2019 Geneva Motor Show Debut

  Details are scarce but the company says it's electrified. What we also see here is the Dynamic Shield grille rolling out across the Mitsubishi range. We don't however, know yet, if it is a plug-in hybrid or a pure electric car.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 31, 2019

  Tata Motors To Supply Tigor EVs To Capgemini India

  Tata Motors has announced its new partnership with consulting, technology and digital transformation company Capgemini for the supply of Tigor electric vehicles. The Tata Tigor EVs will be used for internal transportation at Capgemini campuses across three major cities - Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad. The automaker has tied up with mobility solution company Karthik Travels, to manage to smooth induction of the Tigor EVs in the tech company's transport ecosystem. The first batch of the Tigor EVs were handed over to Capgemini officials by the Tata team at the company's Bengaluru campus.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 31, 2019

  Volkswagen Aims To Open E-Vehicle Platform To Competitors

  Volkswagen wants its modular car platform to become a standard not only for the VW group.

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