Filters WEF India Economic Summit 2019: Investing In Lithium-Ion Battery Units Risky Due To Less Demand, Says Amara Raja’s Jayadev Galla
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. is apprehensive of setting up lithium-ion battery manufacturing units in India due to a lack of demand for electric vehicles, according to its Vice-Chairman Jayadev Galla. It doesn’t make sense for the company to invest in lithium-ion manufacturing ...
Government goes slow on procurement of electric vehicles, limits sourcing
India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) procurement program could come to a halt amid the economic slowdown, with state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) planning to curb its sourcing to less than a third of the 10,000 sedans it originally tendered due to lack of deman...
EV makers aim to increase energy density of lithium-ion batteries
As the Indian government goes bullish on electric vehicles (EVs), automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are in a huddle to develop long-lasting, durable battery technology to get hegemony over the EV battery market.
In the automotive paradigm, lithiu...
PMO steps in to ease supply of credit for green energy firms
The Prime Minister’s Office has intervened to help ease credit supply to renewable energy firms, as the government moves to ensure that India’s efforts to emerge as a clean energy champion are not undermined by a lack of access to funds.
The PMO has asked federal p...
IESA Brings Energy Leaders Together at India Energy Storage Week
More than 200 industry leaders gathered at India Energy Storage Alliance’s (IESA) India Energy Storage Week (IESW) to celebrate 3rd World Energy Storage Day in Delhi and Mumbai respectively. From 23rd September to 27th September the week-long activity saw representatives wor...
Ahmedabad to get 500 e-buses soon: Rupani
In a major leap towards a greener and cleaner public transport, Ahmedabad will soon have 500 electric buses (E-Buses) plying on its roads, the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced on Thursday here.
"For a sustainable future and responding to the electric mobility miss...
Lithium-Ion battery recycling presents a $1 billion opportunity in India
The lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow exponentially in the next five years in India and its recycling offers a $1000 million opportunity by 2030, JMK Research has estimated. However, recycling would gather momentum only when the Indian government brings in a well-...
Tianjin Battery Co to buy cells from Munoth Industries
China’s $2 billion Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co has entered into an agreement with Munoth Industries to buy polymer and prismatic cells.
Tianjin Lishen will buy at least 50% of the cells produced by Munoth Industries, which is setting up a lithium cell manuf...
PM Modi’s ambition for 450 GW renewable energy comes amidst slowdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, committed to increasing India’s renewable energy (RE) target to 450 gig watts (GW) as a part of a stronger climate action plan.
He pointed to the significance of...
First gas station in America to ditch oil for 100% electric vehicle charging opens in Maryland
The first gas station in the U.S. that has been completely transitioned from a petroleum station to exclusively charging EVs opened Thursday in Takoma Park, Maryland.
RS Automotives, the local gas station, has been around since 1958.
Depeswar Doley, owner of th...
