IOC Sets Sights on RE Capacity Addition, EV Charging Among Others in Restructuring Spree Updated On Mon, Feb 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya has said that the CPSU has set its sights on green hydrogen plants at all its refineries. The timeline for this goal has been set for 2047. The announcement comes as part of the Rs 2 lakh crore planned for green transition towards net-zero emissions. […] Read more
Hero Electric To Source Battery Management Systems From Maxwell Energy Updated On Tue, Jan 24th, 2023 by Saurenergy Hero Electric has announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with the EV solution provider Maxwell Energy for the procurement of advanced battery management systems (BMS). Under the new partnership, Mumbai-based Maxwell Energy will supply for the coming three years its advanced battery management systems to Hero Electric. As per the announcement, Hero […] Read more
SUN Mobility, Pilipinas Shell to Bring Battery Swapping Technology to Philippines Updated On Fri, Jan 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy A provider of energy infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EVs), SUN Mobility, has announced that it has recently signed a strategic agreement with the Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation. The partnership will explore the pilot deployment of SUN Mobility’s advanced battery-swapping technology in the Philippines for two and wheel-wheel electric vehicles. Philippines-based Pilipinas Shell Petroleum […] Read more
India’s EV Charging Roll Out, ‘Patla Pin’ Magic, And More Challenges Updated On Tue, Dec 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy For a nation that embraced the mobile phone with breakneck speed, pricey prices notwithstanding, the heyday of Nokia phones in the late 90s and through early 2000s became synonymous with the thin-pin charger, which was very popular and ubiquitous at the time. Such was its ubiquity that it was assumed that everyone or every home […] Read more
Battery Swapping Giant Gogoro Enters India, Partners with Zypp Electric Updated On Mon, Nov 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy Taiwan based global battery swapping ecosystems developer Gogoro Inc has announced its entry in India with a pilot project that will begin in December 2022, by forging a strategic initiative and partnership with India’s Zypp Electric, an EV-as-a-Service platform. The official statement held that together, the companies are focused on accelerating the urban shift of […] Read more
Yulu Signs MoU With Government of Karnataka to Invest 1200 Cr to Deploy 1 Lakh EVs Updated On Fri, Nov 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy The government of Karnataka and Bengaluru’s electric mobility startup Yulu have struck an agreement for the company to spend Rs. 1200 crore in the state. According to the agreement, over the next five years, Yulu will deploy a fleet of 1 lakh electric vehicles and operationalize the state’s largest EV battery charging and swapping infrastructure. […] Read more
China’s NIO Invests $273 Mn To Establish Separate Battery Tech Company Updated On Wed, Oct 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer NIO has established a new entity called NIO Battery Technology (Anhui) Co. Ltd. and it is being headed by William Li as its Chairman, who is also the founder of NIO. According to reports, the capital is of about $273 million of the new company which will be controlled absolutely by […] Read more
The Contra View: 5 Arguments Against Battery Swapping Updated On Mon, Oct 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy A lot has been written about the advantages of Battery Swapping to make a shift to renewable energy for mobility. The value of Battery Swapping lies in the fact that separating the price of the electric car from the battery, its costliest part, will make it attractive to the customer. However, in the interest of […] Read more
Battery Swapping Technology to Transform India’s EV Industry in 2023 Updated On Thu, Oct 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Ankit Mittal, Co-Founder & CEO, Sheru India’s EV industry has grown rapidly in the recent past, especially in the 2-wheeler and 3- wheeler segments. Comprising just 2% of all 2-wheeler sales at the beginning of 2022, sales of e-2-wheelers were more than 5% of total sales in September. The 3-wheeler segment has seen even […] Read more
