EV Sales Touch New World Record But Raw Materials Could Be Spoiler Updated On Tue, May 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy The sale of electric vehicles (EV) across the world more than doubled this year against 6.6 million last year, accounting for one in 10 new cars sold, according to the International Energy Agency‘s annual report published on May 23. However, the report mentioned that the grey areas like price and supply of critical minerals could […] Read more
Tesla Nears Setting-up Electric Vehicle & Battery Factory in Indonesia Updated On Tue, May 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Leading EV seller Tesla is close to inking a pact that will allow the US-based company to set up an electric vehicle factory in Indonesia. The facility may come up in Central Java’s Industrial complex and it may also host manufacturing of EV batteries. As per reports, the construction could start by the end of […] Read more
Mahindra Will Seek Partnerships To Source EV Components Updated On Tue, May 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Anish Shah, Chief Executive Officer of Mahindra and Mahindra, has said that the company has planned to source components from other players in order to give fillip to its electric vehicle portfolio. A week ago, Mahindra and Mahindra had announced its strategic collaboration with Volkswagen where the latter was to equip the EVs of the […] Read more
Magenta And Ather Energy Join Hands To Install EV Charging Stations Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy EV charging firm Magenta ChargeGrid and Ather Energy, leading electric two-wheeler maker, have joined hands to install charging stations, investing the former with the responsibility to manage the charging stations under the Chargegrid platform. The companies have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), according to a press release. Magenta ChargeGrid is currently expanding its charging […] Read more
Skoda Auto Begins Production of MEB Battery Systems Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Skoda Auto has announced that it has begun the manufacturing of battery systems for all electric vehicles based on the Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mlada Boleslav. This is the only production facility of Skoda for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany. As per the official announcement, around 250 employees will soon be assembling […] Read more
Hyundai Motor Partners Tata Power to Expand EV Charging Infrastructure Updated On Wed, May 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy Hyundai Motor said that it has signed a strategic partnership with Tata to develop electric vehicle charging stations’ network and amplify EV adoption in India. The official statement says that 60 kW DC charging stations will be installed at 34 EV dealerships of Hyundai in 29 cities. The objective is to serve all kinds of […] Read more
PMI Electro’s upcoming plant to produce 2500 commercial EVs annually Updated On Tue, May 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd – maker of electric buses in India – has said that it will set up company’s new electric commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing plant in Pune, Maharashtra. The new plant will be PMI’s largest manufacturing facility in India and will be based at MIDC, Chakan. PMI says that the new […] Read more
Badve Engineering, Israeli firm to make motors for electric vehicles Updated On Mon, May 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy Badve Engineering Ltd – manufacturer of automotive components – has announced that the company is forging a strategic commercial alliance with Israeli startup EVR Motors to manufacture Trapezoidal Stator – RFPM electric motors within India for electric vehicles. The electric motor technology belongs to the Israeli firm and the manufacturing will be done collaboratively. Badve […] Read more
Lithium Price Surge Leaves Car Makers Comparing LFP with NCM batteries Updated On Fri, May 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Steep rises in battery raw materials prices since the start of 2021 have favoured a faster shift to LFP batteries for electric vehicles, over NMC batteries. Cobalt and Lithium for example have become dearer by 70% and 700% respectively. The lowest-cost pack has always been lithium-iron-phosphate, or LFP, the preferred choice of Tesla, Volkswagon and […] Read more
