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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

Green Car Congress

In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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

Electric Vehicles India

In order to substitute India’s import of petroleum as a fuel and to provide direct benefits to our farmers, we have now advised the Automobile Manufacturers in India to start manufacturing Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) and Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV).(1/4).

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Tube Investments to launch electric 3 wheeler passenger vehicles in India

Electric Vehicles India

The electric three-wheelers are growing rapidly in India and many big automobile manufacturers and startups have launched their electric vehicle s and some are still in a queue to launch. Whereas the sales of petrol, diesel and CNG-powered passenger three-wheelers increased by just 10.6

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Tesla gets approval for 4 models for India

Electric Vehicles India

The Automobile manufacturers have to mandatorily get certified their vehicles by the local authorities before launching them. He also told that India treats electric vehicles as petrol vehicles, which is not consistent with the country’s climate goals. Read further to know more about Tesla gets approval for 4 models. .

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