So far in 2019, the Nifty auto index has slipped 14 per cent as against a 7 per cent rise in the Nifty50 index. Shares of two and three wheeler auto-makers like TVS Motors and Bajaj Auto came under heavy selling pressure during the morning deals on Monday after the government think-tank NITI Aayog gave […]
Niti Aayog Asks ‘Where Are EVs?’, Bajaj, TVS Ask ‘Where Are The Batteries?’
A face-off that has dire consequences is turning out to be quite funny to observe from the sidelines. In its rush to bring in electric vehicles (EVs) in India, Niti Aayog has directed India’s major two-wheeler makers to present a plan within the next two weeks which will reveal their roadmap to introduce EV products […]
Automakers run into collision with Centre’s electric vehicle plan
Companies such as Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor have objected to banning two- and three-wheelers and asked for at least four months to come up with a comprehensive plan Two- and three-wheeler manufacturers are stoutly resisting the government’s e-mobility plan. The government wants to ban internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered three- and two-wheelers (with an engine […]
Govt refuses to budge on electric vehicle deadline for 2- and 3-wheelers
The start-ups said unless India had size and scale in EVs, it would miss the worldwide e-mobility revolution The government has refused to relent on the deadlines it has given two- and three-wheelers for running on batteries. The deadline for three-wheelers is 2023, and that for two-wheelers having up to a 150-cc engine is 2025. […]
ABB Ready To Bring In Fast Chargers For Electric Vehicles To India
ABB already has more than 10,000 direct-current fast charging stations installed in 73 countries, and India houses one of the largest locations of R&D and engineering in the ABB universe. With the NITI Aayog proposing to stop the sale of internal combustion engine powered cars in India by 2030, all the attention moves towards electric […]
UL Launches First Mobile PV Test Laboratory in India
Mobile facility helps solar plant owners maximize energy while minimizing downtime and shipping risks New Delhi, India: UL, a global safety science company, today announced the launch of its first Mobile PV Testing Laboratory in New Delhi, India. The mobile testing laboratory capabilities offer solar PV system owners and operators the ability to identify, evaluate […]
INDIA TO SELL ONLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AFTER 2030: NITI AAYOG
NITI Aayog proposes only EVs to be sold in India after 2030. The think tank also suggests that the ministry pilot an e-highway programme. The Indian government’s policy think tank NITI Aayog has published a new report in which it recommends that all vehicles on the country’s roads be fully electric after the year 2030 […]
Niti’s new road map: Only electric vehicles to be sold after 2030
NEW DELHI: The government’s think tank NITI Aayog has proposed that only electric vehicles should be sold after 2030, expanding the scope of the clean fuel technology beyond two- and three-wheelers. Earlier, a panel headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant had suggested that only electric-powered three-wheelers and two-wheelers with engine capacity of up to […]
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to meet auto CEOs on e-vehicle road map
India is the world’s largest market for two- and three-wheelers. It sold 21,181,390 units of two-wheelers and 701,011 units of three-wheelers in the year that ended in March 2019 NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant (pictured) is likely to meet the heads of all two- and three-wheeler companies in New Delhi on June 21 […]
Modi govt plans big revamp of top bureaucracy, to induct 400 experts from private sector
The report said that officials of his Department of Personnel & Training have been asked to prepare a proposal for inducting 400 domain experts to fill DS/Director posts. Two months after it inducted 9 private sector specialists as joint secretaries, the Narendra Modi government is mulling to rope in subject experts from the private sector […]