This is a significant shift from the government’s original plan to incentivise auto and auto part maker to build mainly gasoline vehicles and their components for domestic sale and export, with some added benefit for electric vehicles (EVs). NEW DELHI : India has revised its proposed $8 billion scheme for the auto sector which will […]
EU to Urge 2035 Goal to End Combustion-Engine Era in Autos
The European Union is set to propose all new cars sold from 2035 should have zero emissions, as part of an unprecedented plan to align its economy with more ambitious climate targets. The European Commission, the bloc’s regulatory arm, plans to require emissions from new cars and vans to fall by 65% from 2030 and […]
Autos to be fitted with electric batteries
“Providing electric retrofit kits with swappable batteries for three-wheeler high speed passenger autos in place of IC engine will be the first-of-its-kind in the country,” said Ramana Reddy Amaravati : The government is mulling replacing existing internal combustion (IC) engines in auto-rickshaws with electric batteries in a move aimed at lowering air pollution levels in […]
Tesla Led The Charge, But More Premium Electric Vehicles Are Arriving
Alex Schefer loves his Teslas — the Model S he and his wife use to tote their kids around, the Roadster that’s part of their premium car-sharing club. But he’s been waiting not-so-patiently to have some other options for luxury electric vehicles. “This car came out in 2012,” he says, from behind the wheel of […]
