Companies like Amazon, Swiggy, Grofers, IKEA have now started using electric bikes for deliveries According to EV startup DOT, just 250 EVs can save $1 Mn in fuel costs annually Despite increased adoption, charging infrastructure remains a worry for delivery startups When it comes to logistics and ecommerce, India has shown an ever-growing appetite for […]
Largest smart electric vehicle charging network optimizes use of renewable energy in Amsterdam
Vattenfall and the City of Amsterdam, together with grid owner Liander, the infrastructure competence center Elaad, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, today launch Flexpower, the largest public smart charging network for electric vehicles in Amsterdam. This innovative solution enables faster charging, maximal use of renewable electricity and more efficient use of the electric […]
Hyderabad Startup E-Trio Takes The Retrofitting Route To Meet India’s EV Ambitions
E-Trio’s flagship product is an electric kit that transforms conventional cars into EVs It’s the only retrofitting startup in India to receive government approval for electric kits E-Trio is working with automakers and fleet operators to expand its customer base Long before electric vehicles were a thing, India was exploring ways to use compressed natural […]
Electric Ridesharing Benefits the Grid, and EVgo Has the Data to Prove It
Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft are offering more electric vehicles, boosting the need for fast charging. That may help the grid in high-solar states like California. Electric-vehicle charging at scale could be a blessing or a curse for the grid. In the best-case scenario, plug-in vehicles charge up at times that align with needs […]
AAA study finds Americans are warming to electric vehicles, but most aren’t ready to buy — at least not yet
Battery-based vehicles of all forms account for barely 5% of the American new car market last year. As many as 40 million Americans say they will at least consider an electric vehicle for their next car, according to AAA. Only four in 10 people believe that the majority of vehicles will be electric by 2029, […]
Electric vehicles: A new model to reduce time wasted at charging points
Factors influencing idle time included charge time, max power, total energy, and hour of the day the car is first plugged in. Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Over half the time (61.4 percent) that electric vehicles spend connected to public charging stations, they’re idly occupying a space that another car could use, according […]
Fast Chargers For Electric Vehicles Installed At Parliament House
Snehlata Shrivastava- Secretary General of Lok Sabha inaugurated the charging stations along with flagging off the recently supplied Tata Tigor electric and Mahindra eVerito. Electric Vehicles have been on Government’s agenda for long and all possible measures are being taken for its adoption. AC and DC fast chargers for electric vehicles have been installed at […]
How rampant theft of electricity could drain India’s electric car hopes
The power sector loses more than $16 billion a year to theft – more than any other country in the world Dirty air has finally become an issue in Indian election manifestos, along with perennial subjects such as temple-building and farmers’ incomes. That shouldn’t be a surprise: Even politicians can’t escape air pollution, which has […]
6 BYD Electric Vehicles At The 2019 Shanghai Auto Show
BYD unveiled the electric Song Pro, electric Song Pro MAX, E1, E2, S2, and E-SEED GT hybrid concept at the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show. BYD exhibited 23 new car models at the 18th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, simply called the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show by most. The most interesting of these new car models […]
Industries join forces to power up electric vehicles
Milk floats were way ahead of their time it turns out. These electric powered carts that trundled from house to house silently delivering milk and dairy at the crack of dawn skipped the whole diesel, petrol-junkie era, leapfrogging from horse power to electric back in the late 1950s. Now consumers are beginning to catch on, […]