Electric Mobility

Sameer Contractor

Dec 14, 2018, 12:26 AM

Okinawa i-Praise Electric Scooter Pre-Bookings Announced In India

Electric two-wheeler maker Okinawa Scooters has announced the pre-bookings for its upcoming i-Praise e-scooter. The new Okinawa i-Praise can be booked at a token amount of Rs. 5000 at any of the company's 200-odd dealerships starting on December 14, 2018. The i-Praise is the manufacturer's new version based on the Okinawa Praise scooter and now comes with a detachable lithium-ion battery. Okinawa says the new battery system brings more convenience for users who can now detach and charge the battery at their homes, with the charging time reduced to 2-3 hours.

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  Cyrus Dhabhar | Dec 12, 2018

  Tesla To Showcase All-Electric Pickup Truck Concept In 2019

  Through his favourite medium of dispersing Tesla based news and opinion - Twitter, Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will showcase a prototype all-electric pickup truck next year. While no other info on the project has been shared yet, considering the manufacturing challenges that have plagued the superstar tech startup in the last few years, don't expect the production ready vehicle to see market launch before 2021. While there isn't an all-electric pickup truck in the market just yet, the automaker will go up against the Rivian R1T very soon since the new tech startup is expected to come to market with its pickup and SUV in 2020.

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  car&bike Team | Dec 10, 2018

  Mahindra’s 2019 Formula E Race Car M5 Electro Makes Its Debut In India

  The M5Electro is based on generation two of the Formula E race car, and comes with a new EV powertrain technology. It will be able to touch 100kmph in just 2.8 seconds and go on to a top speed of 280kmph.

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  car&bike Team | Dec 7, 2018

  Kia Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-In Hybrid And Niro EV Handed Over To Andhra Pradesh Government For Trial Runs

  Kia's 'ACE' strategy - to produce Autonomous, Connected and ECO/Electric cars - will see the brand adopt connected car technologies across every vehicle segment by 2030. Further to this, the company plans to offer 16 electrified vehicles by 2025. The company continues to invest in the development and commercialization of autonomous driving and eco-friendly vehicles.

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  car&bike Team | Dec 6, 2018

  Aston Martin Works Create First Reversible EV Powertrain Concept

  The Heritage electrification concept has been led by Aston Martin Works at Newport Pagnell. Developed around a so-called "cassette" EV powertrain, the objective is to mitigate any future legislation to restrict the use of classic cars by offering a zero emissions conversion.

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  AFP | Dec 6, 2018

  Tesla Says European Model 3 Deliveries From February 2019

  Tesla Motors said Wednesday it will begin European deliveries of its long-awaited mass-market Model 3 electric car from February. A spokesperson told AFP the first to take delivery would be customers who had reserved their Model 3 starting March 2016 if they confirm their order by January 1.

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  car&bike Team | Dec 5, 2018

  All-Electric Jaguar I-Pace Scores 5 Stars In Euro NCAP Crash Test

  Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) has recently released its latest crash test results and Jaguar's all-electric I-Pace SUV has scored a five-star rating.

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  car&bike Team | Nov 28, 2018

  Sun Mobility And Smart E Partner For Battery Technology

  Sun Mobility and Smart E have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a new EV battery swapping system. Earlier this year, Sun mobility had showcased the interoperable smart mobility solution for two and three wheelers. SmartE's fleet of electric three-wheelers will make use of SUN Mobility's solution and will be deployed at SmartE park & charge Hubs across the Delhi-NCR, to cater to the first and last-mile connectivity services. The month-long field trials for this solution concluded in Gurugram last week and is claimed to be successfully. The partnership will see SUN Mobility scaling the battery swapping infrastructure in next 3 months to support 500 electric three-wheelers in Phase 1

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  car&bike Team | Nov 28, 2018

  EV Motors Launches Its First Public Charging Outlet In Delhi-NCR

  Electric Vehicle start-up, EV Motors has launched its first public EV charging outlet- PlugNgo in India, assembled at the DLF area in Gurgaon, Haryana. EV Motors has tied up with DLF, Delta Electronics India and ABB India for further development and expansion of the project. It will be spending $ 200 million in next five years and plans to set up 6500 EV charging stations across India. The chargers will be assembled at malls and commercial complexes which will be networked and connected to PlugNgo cloud based integrated software program.

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