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Despite policy push, EV penetration to remain under 5% till 2025: Report

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 6, 2020

Despite the aggressive policy push and drive by automakers, electric vehicle's penetration will remain under 5 per cent over the next five years in the 3-million units annual auto market, as per a report. Rating agency Icra has blamed this to the higher vehicle cost due to...

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Budget 2020 proposes hike in EV import duty to promote domestic manufacturing

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 3, 2020

The Union Budget on Saturday proposed to increase customs duty on import of electric vehicles across categories. The increase in basic customs duty is in the ranges of 10-40 percentage points across EV segment, and comes in the backdrop of Chinese manufacturers dumping low-...

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Mahindra Electric Mobility plans a global journey, unveils a new brand

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 31, 2020

Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd, a part of the $20.7 billion Mahindra Group, is planning to go global and export its indigenously developed EV technology products and solution to overseas markets such as Europe and South Korea. Mahindra Electric CEO Mahesh Babu said the...

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Hyundai expects to roll out mass market electric vehicle in 3 years

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 31, 2020

Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) is expected to roll out a mass market electric vehicle product in two to three years. The company expects the second half of the year to show improvement in domestic market and while there are concerns about the comparitively higher price for the BS...

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EVs will be cheaper than combustion vehicles in 3 years: Amitabh Kant

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 31, 2020

Electric vehicles will become cheaper than combustion vehicles in three years as the price of battery packs of EVs is expected to fall by almost 51 per cent per unit, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Kant was speaking at the Mobility Talk Corporate Conclave at...

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Back on EV trail, Hero MotoCorp set to launch Duet

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2020

Close on the heels of launches by Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Company, India’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp is getting ready to launch its first electric scooter Duet E. The maker of Splendor and Passion could be launching the battery powered scooter in the next few...

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Connected cars will profoundly change the way people live

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2020

There’s a big shift going to take place in automotive industry. Connected car, the new buzz word in the automotive industry, is set to become a common phenomenon in the Indian market in the near future with rapid adoption of electric vehicles, according to a Deloitte report....

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EESL gets first electric vehicle from MG Motor to be used by govt officials

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2020

State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) on Monday got delivery of the first ZS EV of MG Motor India. EESL placed the order for 5 MG ZS EVs that will be used by government officials to further the cause of electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its National E-Mobility...

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Eyeing leadership position in electric vehicle segment, says Tata Motors

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 27, 2020

Tata Motors aims to establish itself as the leader in the electric vehicle (EV) market in the country as it looks to roll out new products for both private and fleet segments, a senior company official said. The company, which sells its Tigor EV primarily to fleet customers,...

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MG Motors targets expansion to 3-lakh units with fresh investment for India

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 24, 2020

Buoyed by the massive response to its first product Hector SUV and massive pre-booking to its electric car ZS EV, M G Motor India expects to reach optimum utilization at Halol plant by producing one lakh units by next years, and eyeing new segments to expand its footprint in...

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