Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan (SMC) has announced the following – At Suzuki’s existing facility in Gujarat Rs 7,300 crore to set up a EV Battery manufacturing facility by 2026 Rs 3,100 crore towards increasing the manufacturing capacity of EVs by 2025 Key points to note – SMC owns 56.37% of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI). MSI … Read more
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corporation on Sunday said it will invest around 150 billion yen (about Rs 10,445 crore) by 2026, for local manufacturing of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and BEV batteries in Gujarat. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect with the Gujarat government. It was signed “on March … Read more
Recently in December 2021, Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries had acquired 100% of Faradion Limited (FL), a British battery maker specialising in sodium-ion technology. Now, RNEL is acquiring 100% of Lithium Werks BV (“LWB”), a Dutch Company focused on cobalt free and high performance Lithium Iron Phosphate … Read more
Electric vehicles have made major gains in terms of how far a single charge will take you. A new analysis finds EVs still lag behind gas cars in terms of retail cost per mile of range. If trends of recent years continue, EVs could catch up around 2025, but major challenges remain. Something is loading. … Read more
MD of Tube Investments of India (TII) has said that the Company will be soon launching electric tractors and three wheelers. Key points to note – Initially a low HP electric tractor will be launched, maximum by July 2022. Electric three wheeler will be launched by August 2022. Both these segments are selected as the … Read more
Rahul Bajaj, chairman emeritus of Bajaj Auto, who died in Pune on Saturday of cardiac and respiratory ailments at the age of 83, wasn’t known to mince words, or give up without a fight. In 1970-71, when licences and production capacities were tightly controlled by the government, he vigorously argued his company’s case for producing … Read more
Moody’s Investors Service Inc.’s move to ramp up Tesla Inc.’s credit rating to the cusp of investment grade is bolstering expectations that the famous electric vehicle maker will secure blue-chip status as soon as early next year. The agency boosted Tesla by two notches to the highest junk rating of Ba1 on Monday, citing improving … Read more
Ola Electric on Monday said it has raised over USD 200 million (about Rs 1,490.5 crore) from Tekne Private Ventures, Alpine Opportunity Fund, Edelweiss and others, valuing the electric vehicle maker at USD 5 billion. In September last year, Ola Electric had announced raising a similar amount in funding from Falcon Edge, Softbank and others … Read more