A team of scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune has developed a graphene-based supercapacitor that has a better capacity and power and offers a stable, non-toxic alternative for batteries. The researchers, who believe the supercapacitor will have multiple u... Read more
The ministry of power and renewable energy is working on a roadmap to produce and sell only electric vehicles in India by 2030. Chennai is known as the Detroit of India due to its vast automobile sector and as the nation embarks on this ambitious mission, the automobile sector in the city is expecte... Read more
Union minister for road transport & highways, is highly optimistic about electric vehicles in India, telling Smitha Verma that as the use of electric vehicles grows, the technology will become cheaper and more accessible. Edited excerpts: When can we expect the electric vehicle policy? The e... Read more
Ashok Leyland is looking at investing Rs 400-500 crore in its electric vehicle business over the next three to five years. Managing director Vinod Dasari told ET that the commercial vehicle manufacturer, the flagship firm of the Hinduja Group, aims to be future ready.At the same time, he said, the... Read more
The union ministry for road transport and highways has received a draft note from National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog suggesting possible measures, including a “push to Make in India and setting up institutional framework” to get in place the required ecosystem for electric ... Read more
The power transmission sector in India is the most attractive to invest in currently, followed by roads and highways, and renewable energy, according to the Infrastructure Investability Index, prepared by rating agency CRISIL. In its first such report, which tracks, measures, and assesses ... Read more
Country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India plans to build electric vehicles for India (EVs) as the government strives to electrify all new vehicles in the country by 2030, though it didn't give a timeline for the process. R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India said there was still no clea... Read more
The government is planning to introduce major changes in various segments in the power sector such as power purchase agreement (PPA) requirement, renewable purchase obligation (RPO) norms and cross-subsidy tariff structure. Inaugurating the ‘ASSOCHAM Global Investors’ India Forum’ here on Thur... Read more
The International Energy Agency (IEA) should encourage its member countries to increase share of renewables in their energy baskets, Power Minister R K Singh said today. "IEA should encourage all its member countries to increase the share of RE (renewable energy) in their respective energy b... Read more
Battery storage is breaking into an ever longer list of grid-scale configurations, as new business cases arise. Every major solar developer has begun at least contemplating storage paired with solar, even if few large projects have yet been built. GE has already paired batteries with its gas genera... Read more
China is often giving us glimpses of the future of the auto industry in the rest of the world – thanks to its aggressive zero-emission vehicle mandate which attracts EV production investments. The German automaker opened the facility today through its BMW Brilliance Automotive Joint Venture in ... Read more
Exide Industries Ltd. plans to start assembling lithium-ion batteries in India soon and will consider local manufacturing when demand grows as the government pushes to make all vehicles electric by 2030. India’s largest battery maker will source technology from China-based Chaowei Power, a German... Read more