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Uttar Pradesh: Electric buses to operate in 9 cities

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019

City transport will get a boost in nine cities including Lucknow with electric buses ferrying commuters in days to come. Under PPP model, the directorate of urban transport has selected private...

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E-Vehicles To Come Under Priority-Lending, R&D Incentives in Budget 2019

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019

“Today, nobody is giving loans to electric vehicles. Some instruction should be given by the RBI to public sector banks for priority-lending to the EV sector. Then, a clean air campaign should...

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Impose green cess on polluting vehicles to support EVs: SMEV

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2019

"We strongly advocate the imposition of a notional green cess on the polluting vehicles and use it to accelerate electric mobility," SMEV Director General Sohinder Gill said in a statement....

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Clean Mobility | India’s resolve to become an electric vehicle country by 2030 is taking shape

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2019

India's government is not only serious about clean mobility but is in a hurry to get there. India is planning to mandate cab-hailing companies like Ola and Uber to “convert 40 percent of their...

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Honda 2Wheelers India To Reconsider Investment Plans, No EVs Till 2020

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 14, 2019

India's second largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) had recently announced its plan of action for the launch of electric vehicles (EVs) in India. Recently...

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City’s first E-vehicle charging station inaugurated

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2019

Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain inaugurated Delhi’s first electric vehicle smart charging station at South Extension on Monday. This move is taken in line with the previous notified solar...

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Assam: Electric buses to be introduced in Guwahati soon

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2019

In an effort to reduce pollution, Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) will deploy 15 electric buses in the city under government's FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric...

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CII, SIAM urge government to hold talks before finalizing EV policy

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2019

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) have urged the Union government to hold wider consultations with the automotive value chain,...

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M&M arm looks to sell EV parts to global firms

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 6, 2019

To develop its Bengaluru facility into a hub for manufacturing electric vehicles, Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd (MEM), a unit of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M), is in talks with global...

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Sahara India to roll out range of electric vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 6, 2019

Conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar on Tuesday announced its foray into automobile sector, with electric vehicles range ‘Sahara Evols’. Variants of electric scooters, motorcycles, three-wheelers...

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