Electric Mobility

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Jun 29, 2018, 3:12 PM

China's BYD Opens World's Largest Battery Factory

BYD's new Qinghai factory is technologically advanced, employing the use of a first rate Manufacturing Execution System, smart logistics, driverless automatic guided vehicles and a seamless information integration.

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  car&bike Team | Jun 29, 2018

  Hyundai Plans To Build Electric Cars In India

  The India centre will be allowed to function autonomously in their respective regions and will have various divisions for planning, finance, products and customer experience.

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  Sameer Contractor | Jun 28, 2018

  Government Officials Reject Using Electric Cars Under EESL Scheme

  State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd's (EESL) procurement of electric cars from Mahindra Electric and Tata Motors was seen as a big push towards electric mobility in India. The cars sourced were to be used by government officials in place of conventional vehicles. However, the move seems to have not gone down well with senior government officials, who have refused to use electric cars for daily use. According to a report in Live Mint, a government source who didn't wish to be named said that the senior officials have cited poor performance and low range of the electric vehicles, as one of the reasons to refuse using the electric cars.

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  car&bike Team | Jun 28, 2018

  Audi E-Tron Quattro Spied With Virtual Exterior Mirrors

  Audi will now unveil the e-tron Electric SUV in the US instead of at the Audi Summit in Brussels due to the arrest of CEO Rupert Stadler in the VW diesel emissions scandal.

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  car&bike Team | Jun 27, 2018

  Elon Musk Gives Out Details Of The Tesla Pickup Truck On Twitter

  The company is expected to launch the pickup truck following the release of the Model Y and Musk took to the social media platform to ask all Twitteratis as to what they would like to see in Tesla's upcoming truck.

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  car&bike Team | Jun 27, 2018

  Nissan India To Set Up Digital Hub In Kerala

  Nissan India hopes to generate at least 3,000 direct employment opportunities along with a few thousand indirect ones.

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  Cyrus Dhabhar | Jun 27, 2018

  Upcoming Mercedes-Benz C-Class Facelift To Get 1.5-litre Turbo Petrol Engine

  The Mercedes-Benz C-Class range will soon be updated with the 2018 version of the car which has undergone a fair few changes. Apart from a slightly different look that includes new bumpers, new LED headlamps, new tail lamps and new wheels, the car will also get a major upgrade to the interior department. A noteworthy change though will be under the skin. The current entry level petrol C-Class in India is the C200 petrol, featuring a 2-litre engine that makes 181 bhp of peak power. This engine will soon be replaced by a smaller and lighter 1.5-litre, turbocharged 4-cylinder unit which will make more power at a rating of 184 bhp. Torque will be slightly lower though at 280 Nm as compared to 300 Nm that the current powerplant makes.

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  car&bike Team | Jun 26, 2018

  Volkswagen Expands China's Mega-Factory To Build More Electric Vehicles

  Through Roadmap E, the VW Group aims to manufacture 40 new locally produced electric vehicles in the next 7 or 8 years.

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  Seshan Vijayraghvan | Jun 26, 2018

  Lithium-ion Powered Okinawa Praise Coming In September 2018

  Okinawa Scooters will finally launch the Lithium-ion powered Praise electric scooter in September this year. The new Lithium-ion batteries are detachable units and capable of offering 80 per cent charge within 45 minutes.

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