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Electrifying vision: Outer Ring Road in Delhi to get an electric-vehicle charger every 5km – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Even though Delhi has good EV penetration, charging stations are not as visible as petrol stations, forcing one to take the help of Google Maps. Since the launch of the EV policy in August 2020, Delhi has witnessed a remarkable surge in electric transport adoption, with over 1.8

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Ampere Vehicles made a record of 1 lakh electric scooter sales 

Electric Vehicles India

Roy Kurian says that the growth and the demand for electric vehicles are due to personal mobility amidst Covid-19, the rise of petrol and diseases prices and the most important reason is the EV policy and incentives under the FAME-II scheme. Also read related article: Electric scooters Ather 450X & Ampere Magnus Pro comparison.

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EV sales in India: Hero Electric, Tata Motors, BMW

Electric Vehicles India

lakh vehicles registered including 7,869 electric vehicles, 6,857 CNG vehicles, 7,257 vehicles run on both CNG and petrol and 93,091 vehicles that run on petrol and diesel. The company’s total sales stood at 2,863 units when compared to the same month in 2020 it had sales of 3,750 units.

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Rising Fuel Prices Have Imparted A Potent Boost To The Indian Electric Scooter Market

Get Electric Vehicle

Despite recent reductions in excise duty and VAT rates, the price of petrol in India remains high enough to put a hole in customers’ wallets. Even the most fuel-efficient two-wheeler guzzle petrol that can be equal to the monthly installments consumers have to pay if they buy a new electric scooter.

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Nitin Gadkari announced to manufacture flex-fuel vehicles & flex-fuel strong hybrid EVs 

Electric Vehicles India

In a series of Tweets he said that in line with Prime Minister’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and the government’s policy on promoting ethanol as a transport fuel, Flex Fuel Vehicles are capable to run on a combination of 100% Petrol or 100% bio-ethanol and their blends, along with strong Hybrid Electric technology in case of FFV-SHEVs.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Launch: Our Thoughts

Plug In India

In this article and video we go through the OLA scooter launch event and find, what impressed us and what concerned us. 20 million two wheelers are sold each year and Bhavish says selling these many petrol scooters is unsustainable. For the first time there is awareness being made that India cannot keep using petrol two wheelers.

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