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Kia Seltos Electric Being Developed For Asian Markets

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 26, 2019

Kia Motors entered India with the Seltos compact SUV and the model has hit the jackpot with over 80,000 bookings since launch. The carmaker has its hands full with the strong domestic and export demand for the SUV and the model has helped Kia establish itself as the fifth-...

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Haima Automobile confirms India entry

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 26, 2019

Late in November 2019, we told you that Great Wall Motors will be joined by another Chinese carmaker at Auto Expo 2020 – Haima Automobile. Today, we have official confirmation from Haima about its plans for an India entry. Speaking to Autocar India, a company spokesperson...

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100% Confident: In Nitin Gadkari’s Push for Electric Vehicle Adoption, a Promise of Crores of Jobs

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 11, 2019

Touting India’s huge potential in taking the lead in electric mobility, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the adoption of electric vehicles would help reduce the government’s import bill substantially which in turn will help create “crores of...

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Ather Energy to set up EV, lithium-ion battery plant in Tamil Nadu

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 2, 2019

Ather Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to set up an electric vehicle and lithium ion battery manufacturing facility in Hosur, which is close to Bengaluru. The new facility will come up in an area of 400,000 sq ft. Ather Energy has...

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Hero-backed Ather Energy looks to set up new factory, introduce electric motorcycle & cheaper scooters

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 26, 2019

Hero MotoCorp-backed Ather Energy, a Bengaluru-based maker of electric scooters, will expand its production capacity by 12-fold and will introduce a new range of products including an electric motorcycle. Having consolidated the market of Bengaluru, where it has been present...

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Sales volume of EVs important than subsidy for localisation of parts: Maruti MD Kenichi Ayukawa

By : Sustainability ..., May 16, 2019

Sales volume of electric vehicles is more important than subsidy for localisation of parts and the automobile industry must find ways on how to generate demand across segments, Maruti Suzuki...

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Ola bags $300 million from hyundai and kia for mobility solutions and electric vehicles venturebeat gas x directions

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 22, 2019

As part of the investment, Ola said the companies will also work on improving local infrastructure in India and building electric vehicles for the nation, as well as developing solutions to...

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Tesla likely to enter India by 2019-2020

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 19, 2019

 Elon Musk isn’t giving up on bringing Tesla to India. “Would love to be there this year. If not, definitely next!” Tesla’s billionaire chief executive officer said in a Twitter post, nearly 10 months after he blamed restrictive policy for delaying the carmaker’s entry into...

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No proposal from Centre to invest in e-bus manufacturing

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 14, 2018

The government has no proposal to invest in manufacturing of electric buses as automobile is a deregulated sector wherein both private and public sectors are free to invest, Parliament was...

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Mahindra to invest ₹1,000 crore by 2020 for electric vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 16, 2018

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd on Wednesday unveiled plans to invest as much as ₹1,000 crore in Karnataka to build a facility for the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs)....

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