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Indian carmakers set to propose import duty rollback, but Tesla will miss out

Teslarati

The report included a quote from an anonymous source that stated India’s Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal, told the country’s automakers, represented by the lobby group Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), that they needed to budge or the government would make them budge.

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European Auto Manufacturers Agree on First Phase of Specifications to Connect Plug-ins to the Grid

Green Car Congress

The European automobile manufacturers have agreed to a first phase of joint specifications to connect electrically chargeable vehicles to the electricity grid in a safe and user-friendly way. Japanese and South Korean manufacturers have been closely involved in developing the joint industry recommendations for the European market.

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