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India registers 162 percent growth in EV sales: Gadkari
Ians123 •Gadkari said that for charging electric vehicles, our priority is to use green energy.
Swapping for a cleaner future
Fp Explainers •Battery swapping addresses several challenges associated with electric vehicles.
Social media posts saying electric cars don't lower climate-changing emissions misleading
•A US-based Union of Concerned Scientists came up with a tool to compare emissions of a traditional car with those of a hybrid or fully electric vehicle depending on where it is charged
Tesla in India: From Maharashtra to Bengal, states that have invited Elon Musk to make electric cars in India
Fp Staff •On 13 January, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk tweeted that the American electric car major was trying to work through some challenges with the Centre to bring the company to India
Glitch-prone electric SUVs rank low on reliability, according to Consumer Reports’ latest survey
•Electric SUVs were the least reliable category in the annual survey of subscribers of Consumer Reports, who collectively own more than 300,000 vehicles.
World’s highest EV charging station opens in the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh
•Bharat AC and Dual Socket Type 2 chargers have been installed by goEgoNetwork in Kaza, Spiti Valley, which can cater to all electric two-wheelers and cars.
Gadkari urges carmakers to stop ‘production and sale’ of diesel vehicles, switch to alternative fuels
•Speaking at the SIAM annual convention, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said emissions from diesel vehicles can be hazardous to the environment and human health.
US aims for zero-emission vehicles to account for half of all passenger car sales in the country by 2030
•US President Joe Biden has announced a target for half of all cars sold in the country to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030.
EVs are the future: A list of all carmakers who have decided to phase out ICE vehicles and go electric
•Several major automakers have already set targets to discontinue petrol and diesel vehicles and replace them with EVs.
Electric vehicles will become more affordable than ICE models in Europe by 2027: Study
•A drop in battery costs and use of dedicated production lines will make EVs more accessible for the masses.