20% of all E4W Used by Govt Entities, Karnataka Leads list: Gadkari Updated On Mon, Feb 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy One in every five electric four-wheelers registered in the country is being used by govt entities, according to road transport ministry data submitted in Parliament. On Friday, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari informed Lok Sabha that govt entities are using 5,384 electric vehicles as of February 4. Earlier, he had informed Rajya Sabha that […] Read more
IIT Madras Partners with French Firm to Develop RE Research Park Updated On Mon, Feb 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy French glass and building material major Saint-Gobain India and IIT Madras Research Park have entered into an MoU on Thursday to develop a 100% Renewable Energy (RE) – research park. Saint-Gobain India will support IIT Madras Research Park with a funding of Rs one crore over the next three years and the collaboration is to […] Read more
Chandigarh Admin Notifies Draft EV Policy, Offers Financial Benefits Updated On Fri, Feb 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit has approved the “Draft Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022” for the union territory, aiming to turn the latter into a ‘Model EV City’ through a significant increase in EV penetration within five years. Following its recent notification, the draft EV policy will stay in the public domain for a period of […] Read more
KoBold Raises Over $190 M to Source Metals for EV Batteries Updated On Fri, Feb 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Silicon Valley-based KoBold Metals has raised more than $190 million in its latest Series B funding round that is expected to give speed to the firm’s efforts to find new deposits of critical metals that are required for EV batteries and clean energy. KoBold Metals is a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including […] Read more
Euler Motors, TWU to Deploy 1,000 E3W Within a Year Updated On Fri, Feb 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Bengaluru-based Electric Vehicle (EV) financier Three Wheels United (TWU) announced it has partenered with EV maker Euler Motors to deploy more than 1,000 electric 3-wheelers across Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad by the end of the financial year 2022-23. TWU aims to address the issue of high cost of finance for drivers of electric […] Read more
India’s RE Capacity Addition Rose by ~80% in Q3 FY22: CEEW-CEF Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy New capacity addition of non-hydro renewable energy increased to 3.4GW during the third quarter of FY22, compared to just 1.9GW installed in the same period last year, according to the latest edition of the CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) Market Handbook. This is nearly an 80% rise in new renewable energy (RE) capacity addition […] Read more
Reliance Joins Altigreen in the EV Race Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Reliance New Energy Ltd (RNEL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has announced an agreement with Altigreen Propulsion Labs Private Limited (Altigreen), a Bengaluru-based electric vehicle technology and solutions company for commercial last-mile transportation through two, three, or four-wheelers. . “Reliance New Energy Ltd (RNEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has entered into an agreement […] Read more
Toyota’s New e-SUV Comes Equipped with Toshiba’s LTO Battery Tech Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Toyota bZ4X has made its European debut as a production-ready vehicle and will hit European roads in 2022. A battery electric compact crossover SUV, Toyota’s new e-car equips itself with a 20Ah-HP SCiB li-ion battery, which uses Lithium titanium oxide (LTO) chemistry and is produced by Japanese brand Toshiba. Toshiba’s battery comes with an extended care […] Read more
India’s 1st Virtual Marketplace for EVs is All Set for Launch Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Electric vehicles (EVs) have begun making inroads into common Indian households as a result of rising innovative collaborations among automobile manufactures, battery producers, research institutes and the government. In anticipation of a fast approaching boom in the sector, the country’s first virtual e-mobility marketplace – EV MARKETZ – is all set for a launch. The […] Read more
