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EESL to set up 1,000 EV charging stations, hopes to deploy 5,000 cars

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 28, 2019

State-run Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), which was tasked with procuring 10,000 electric cars for government use, has said that it could procure and deploy only 1,500 cars largely...

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4-wheeler electric vehicles for waste collection soon

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 27, 2019

A year after buying 50 three-wheeler electric vehicles to collect segregated waste from residents’ doorsteps, the city corporation is planning to buy four-wheeler electric vehicles for the...

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Measures To Boost Automotive Sector Announced By Finance Minister In India

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 26, 2019

The Indian automobile sector has been going through a prolonged low due the considerable drop in sales, which has led to manufacturers keeping their plants shut for days, alter their sales...

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NITI Aayog at the forefront of Centre's move to promote electric vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 26, 2019

The Centre’s primary think tank NITI Aayog has been at the receiving end, mostly on issues linked to electric vehicles (EVs), over the last few days. If Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on...

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West Bengal planning to introduce policy for EV charging stations

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 26, 2019

West Bengal Urban Development Ministry is planning to introduce policy for electric vehicle charging stations. West Bengal government is also planning to introduce 500 electric buses under the...

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Palaniswami to flag off TN’s e-buses for public transport

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 26, 2019

In his budget speech this year, Tamil Nadu finance minister O Panneerselvam said the state has signed a declaration with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group for it’s electric journey, besides...

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"The lower-income operated vehicles are often overlooked in the electrification efforts of financiers which is a lost opportunity"

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2019

In conversation with Sustainability Outlook, Rosemary Pierce- Messick, Executive Director of Three Wheels United Foundation talks about emergence of formal...

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Waive parking charges for electric vehicles, UT told

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2019

The ministry of road transport and highways has asked the UT administration to give incentives for electric vehicles (EVs) like waiving of toll and parking charges and issuing green registration...

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No deadline for transition to electric mobility, say government sources

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2019

The Centre has not set any deadline for transition to electric vehicles, a government official said on Wednesday. The comment assumes significance as government think-tank Niti Aayog in June had...

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Low-quality Chinese batteries could slow down India’s EV drive

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2019

Chinese manufacturers are dumping low-quality battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs) in India, two officials aware of the matter said, similar to the way rejected solar modules were sold here...

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