Bangalore’s Ola Electric Raises $200 M at $5 B Valuation Updated On Tue, Jan 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Ola Electric on Monday said it has raised over $200 million (about Rs 1,490 crore) from Tekne Private Ventures, Alpine Opportunity Fund, Edelweiss and others, valuing the electric vehicle maker at $5 billion. The funding arrives even as the firm has been struggling with production delays and battery issues in the early batches of e-scooters […] Read more
ABC’s Advanced Lead Acid Batteries Find a Taker In Greencore EV Stations Updated On Tue, Jan 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC (“ABC”) and GreenCore EV Services LLC (“GreenCore”) have announced the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) whereby ABC will begin supplying its patented GreenSeal® storage batteries to thousands of Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Plazas being installed by GreenCore across the United States. Under this arrangement, ABC will manufacture and […] Read more
Agrivoltaics Make Their Case For India Updated On Tue, Jan 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy It is a truism that no change is really big enough to matter, unless it impacts the agricultural sector in India. After all, even after 2021, the Agriculture and allied sectors account for over 50% of our workforce, and contribute a substantial 18% to the country’s GDP. With the highest amount of arable land in […] Read more
Pune’s Nexzu Mobility Launches ‘Bazinga’ E-cycles Starting at ₹49,445 Updated On Mon, Jan 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Indian EV maker Nexzu Mobility has unveiled its new Bazinga e-cycles for long-range daily commute, aiming to add to its growing portfolio of e-cycles in the country. The Bazinga e-cycle is priced at ₹49,445 and the Bazinga Cargo e-cycle is priced at ₹51,525, said the company. The online production launch ceremony was organized at the […] Read more
Solid State Batteries Get A Vote of Confidence With $200 Million For Factorial Energy Updated On Mon, Jan 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Massachusetts, US based Solid State Battery maker Factorial Energy has raised $200 million as part of a Series D round of funding, led by Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis. The startup said that the money will help commercialise its solid state batteries for use in EV’s and more faster. Factorial Energy has developed a 40 Ah version of solid-state […] Read more
The Sodium Ion Batteries Behind Reliance’s $135 million Purchase of Faradion Updated On Sat, Jan 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy When Reliance announced the outright purchase of UK based Faradion Limited on the last day of 2021, it was widely seen as one more brick in the renewable edifice that Reliance has committed itself to. The Faradion investment was the 6th major investment by the firm into technologies or competency in the renewable space. But […] Read more
EU Beats 2020 RE Goal, France Lags Behind: Eurostat Updated On Fri, Jan 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy The European Union tapped renewables for 22% of its energy consumption in 2020, beating its 20% target, the EU statistics office, Eurostat, said on Wednesday. The bloc’s 27 countries are increasingly turning to wind, solar and other renewable energy sources as part of efforts to meet the EU-wide ambition of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by […] Read more
When Will The Impact Of Chip Shortages On EV’s End In India? Updated On Thu, Jan 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy Semiconductor Chip shortages has become a trouble spot for EV growth in India. A fear that Chip shortages will lead to EV decline in India persists. This come amidst the rising need of the microprocessors with the rise in EV sales in Indian market. Marking 42,067 units, the sales crossed the 40,000 mark in a […] Read more
CESL Launches Massive 5500 cr Tender For Electric Buses Updated On Thu, Jan 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy Giving a big thrust to the adoption of electric buses for public transport in the country, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), today announced the floating of a request for proposals for the biggest ever demand for electric buses, under the ‘Grand Challenge’ – a set of homogenized […] Read more
