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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

Get Electric Vehicle

In September 2016, Kapil Shelke’s Tork Motors unveiled its first product, claiming to be India’s first electric motorcycle. The company has since raised money from big players in the Indian auto industry, including Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and Ratan Tata, the former Chairman of Tata Sons. Conclusion.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. by Bill Cooke. We’re not perfect; the technology is nowhere near ready.

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

The Truth About Cars

New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is claiming that forward-collision warning and automatic emergency braking are less successful at identifying trucks and motorcycles. However, motorcycles only benefited 41 percent of the time and trucks 38 percent. The effect on fatalities could be substantial too.

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Toyota and BMW results offer rays of hope

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After US giant Ford recorded its first increase in sales for almost two years, BMW announced it had made a net profit of 121million euros in the first three months from April to June - well above industry forecasts. Toyota’s Prius became the top-selling car in Japan in the months of May and June.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

In October 2021, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport ( BEST ) had announced that it will have around 50% of its buses to become Electric Vehicles by mid-2023 said Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray. The funding raised by the company will be used to scale its operations in electric motorcycle and bus manufacturing in Africa.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By By partnering with these two industries. We need to know, is it viable? Kwong asked.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Inconvenient Truth (2) JCI (2) MGA (2) NSANY (2) PGE (2) SB1.DE SZ (1) 6753.T

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