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

Electric Vehicles India

Nitin Gadkari announced to manufacture flex-fuel vehicles & flex-fuel strong hybrid EVs . Shri Nitin Gadkari calls for the manufacturing of Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) and Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) complying with BS-6 Norms in a time-bound manner within a period of six months.

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NHTSA won’t allow EVs to have unlimited or custom pedestrian alert sounds

Teslarati

141 , which required all hybrid and electric vehicles to have a noisemaker installed to alert pedestrians nearby that a car was coming. Due to their lack of a combustion engine, electric and hybrid vehicles make minimal noise, making them hazards to pedestrians, especially the blind, who cannot necessarily hear or see a vehicle approaching.

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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group is basing its goals on the guidelines of the recognized Science-Based Targets Initiative , which it will also join. The BMW Group also began utilizing its vehicles’ extensive connectivity to increase the amount of electric driving by plug-in hybrids this year. —Oliver Zipse.

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