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Transport sector can become all electric-driven by 2030: EV expert

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 15, 2019

Electric vehicles are the future and with the help of innovative approaches, Indias transport sector can become all electric-driven by the year 2030, an EV expert and professor of IIT Madras has said. Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala at a lecture in the Indian Institute of...

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Volvo wants to lead EVs race in India

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

 Volvo set up a facility near Bengaluru to assemble its vehicles locally in 2018 to compete more aggressively in the highly competitive 40,000-unit luxury car market. ...

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PMO okays ministries’ EV promotion measures

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 12, 2019

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has given its go-ahead to at least a dozen measures proposed by a committee of secretaries to help...

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Himachal Pradesh government to float tender for 55 electric buses within fortnight

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 22, 2018

The Himachal Pradesh government plans to float a tender for purchasing 55 electric buses within a fortnight for Shimla and Dharamsala, a senior official said Friday. 

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Maharashtra will have 50 electric vehicle charging stations

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 18, 2018

The State will soon have 50 charging stations for electric vehicles. The Maharashtra Electricity Regulation Commission (MERC), in its latest tariff revision for the distribution companies, has...

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Coal India to set up methanol plant, eyes 6.76 LT output per annum

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2018

The world's largest coal miner CIL is aiming to produce 6.76 lakh tonne of methanol per annum to boost clean energy initiatives, its Chairman Anil Kumar Jha said. His statement comes at a time...

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NTPC commissions its first electric vehicle charging station in Vishakhapatnam

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 4, 2018

State-owned power generator NTPC Ltd today announced it has commissioned its first charging station for electric vehicles in Vishakhapatnam in line with the government’s plan to switch to...

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Hyderabad: Discoms propose tariff for electric vehicle charging stations, battery swap

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 31, 2018

With electric vehicles on the rise and charging stations coming up in the state, Telangana power distribution companies have come up with electric vehicles tariff for charging station and...

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BMTC to run electric buses in 5 years, says deputy CM G Parameshwara

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 31, 2018

Over the next five years, the state government will phase out diesel buses deployed for public transport in Bengaluru, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said, giving hope to citizens long...

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Rs 5,500 cr FAME II scheme finalised; all EVs to get subsidy support

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 24, 2018

An inter-ministerial panel has finalised the roadmap for the second phase of FAME India scheme with an outlay of around Rs 5,500 crore spanning over five years and subsidy support for all types...

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