Americans are getting more divided on electric vehicles. While EVs gain market share, more and more people say don’t want one as their next car. Factors repelling buyers from EVs include long charging times, lack of charging stations, and high pricing. Battery-powered cars seem like the next big thing, but a growing portion of Americans … Read more
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is currently undergoing an extensive reorganisation exercise. It recently, Separated out the Passenger EV business Sold stake in the renewable business Partnered Actis to develop warehousing Now it has announced separating out the Last Mile Mobility Business and is also raising external funding in it from IFC. Last mile mobility business … Read more
Electric Vehicles (EV) continues to attract investors’ attention. Now Tube Investments of India (TII) has announced fund raising in it’s wholly owned subsidiary, TI Clean Mobility Private Limited (TICMPL). TICMPL, a recent initiative of TII, is focused into manufacture and marketing of Electric Three Wheelers and through it’s subsidiaries into Electric Tractors and Electric Heavy … Read more
Discovery of 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserve in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi District is a major step in reducing India’s dependence on import of EV batteries, laptops, mobile phones, etc. The reserves can help cater to India’s lithium demand for its growing EV industry. But one needs to look from a bird’s eye-view to … Read more
Christine Orita was a loyal Tesla fan for years but recently ditched her Model S for an electric Mercedes-Benz. Elon Musk’s politics and disappointing self-driving tech pushed Orita to drop the Tesla brand, she told Insider. She loves how luxurious and comfortable her new Mercedes EQS is compared to her Model S. This as-told-to essay … Read more
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona Comstar) has signed an agreement to acquire 54% equity stake in NOVELIC, a Serbian Company founded in 2012. NOVELIC is primarily into providing sensor based solutions for smart vehicles. Sona’s immediate objective is to use it’s own existing client relationships to ramp up NOVELIC’s ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) … Read more
Eicher is taking a strategic stake in Stark Future SL, investing € 50 mn (apprx Rs 450 cr) in lieu of a 10.35% equity stake. Stark is a European electric motorcycle manufacturer, incorporated in Barcelona Spain, in July 2020 with specific focus in the area of performance electric motorcycles. It has recently launched the motocross … Read more
At this stage, it’s only a MOU that has been announced by Amara Raja with the State of Telangana. What finally comes out of it remains to be seen. (It’s important to keep a track of these announcements as it helps in understanding management’s promises vs delivery over period) Key announcements – Proposed facility will … Read more
After consistent delays over the last few months, Hero has kept up with the festival period launch of it’s much awaited VIDA Electric Scooter. The model is called VIDA V1 and is being offered in two variants – V1 Pro and V1 Plus. Top speed is 80 kmph, running range is indicated at 143 and … Read more