Uber, Sun Mobility to Deploy Electric Autos in India Updated On Thu, Jul 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Global shared-mobility service provider Uber announced a partnership with Bangalore-based Sun Mobility to launch an electric auto service platform. The Ride-hailing giant Uber on Wednesday announced a partnership with SUN Mobility to deploy electric autos in India. As part of the agreement, SUN Mobility will offer its energy infrastructure platform, which includes swappable Li-Ion smart batteries […] Read more
Union Budget 2019: A Mixed Bag for the Solar Industry Updated On Sat, Jul 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy As expected from Modi Government 2.0, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had few eggs in her basket for the renewables sector. Here’s how the key stakeholders of the solar industry, including policymakers, think tanks, leading private players have reacted to the government’s Budget for FY19-20: After the budget, Power Minister R. K. […] Read more
Economic Survey: Emphasise on EVs, Supporting Policies to Reduce Total Ownership Cost Updated On Fri, Jul 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy The country must emphasise on EVs and appropriate policy measures to lower the overall lifetime ownership cost, according to the latest Economic Survey The country must emphasise on electric vehicles (EVs) as these represent the next generation in sustainable mobility and appropriate policy measures are needed to lower the overall lifetime ownership cost to make them […] Read more
Kerala Begins Groundwork for Ambitious EV Policy Updated On Wed, Jul 3rd, 2019 by Saurenergy After announcing its EV policy late last year, the Kerala government has started to take steps in the direction to make the plan a reality. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the inauguration of a two-day event ‘Evolve: Kerala mobility conference and expo’ announced not only rolling out electric vehicles but under the EV policy […] Read more
EV Transition Needs Extensive Planning to Succeed: N Chandrasekaran, Tata Sons Updated On Thu, Jun 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy N Chandrasekaran recently said that the transition to EV needs to be properly planned so as to ensure that the entire ecosystem is ready Tata Sons Chairman, N Chandrasekaran recently said that the migration or perhaps the transition to electric vehicles (EV) in the country needs to be properly planned so as to ensure that […] Read more
CRISIL Report on Outlet Overkill Updated On Fri, Jun 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy Ratings and advisory Firm CRISIL has released a report, warning about the risks in the fresh wave of fuel pumps the government is planning. The warning comes at a time when the government’s own lead advisory, Niti Aayog, is pushing for a faster shift to EV’s. In the report titled ‘Outlet Overkill‘, CRISIL has made a […] Read more
CRISIL Warns About Government Plan to Add 78K Fuel Pumps Updated On Fri, Jun 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy Ratings and advisory Firm CRISIL has released a report yesterday warning about the risks in the fresh wave of fuel pumps the government is planning. The warning comes at a time when the government’s own lead advisory, Niti Aayog, is pushing for a faster shift to EV’s. In a report titled ‘Outlet Overkill‘, CRISIL has […] Read more
TERI Suggests Four-Pronged Strategy to Govt for E-Mobility Updated On Fri, Jun 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The move came after recent bold proposal from the government think tank Niti Aayog for permitting sale of only EVs by 2030, which likely to impose substantive costs on users. In wake of India’s efforts towards achieving its e-mobility targets, country’s one of the leading energy and environment think tank, The Energy and Resources Institute […] Read more
Boost for EV’s coming as Transport Ministry Proposes Road Tax Exemption Updated On Thu, Jun 20th, 2019 by Saurenergy The road just got smoother for EV vehicles, with the latest notification issued by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway led by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday. Now all-electric vehicles are exempted from paying road tax for vehicle registration. The exemption of road tax will apply to all categories of vehicles — two-wheelers, […] Read more