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Govt asserts subsidy for promotion of electric mobility will be only for commercial vehicles, not personal usage
•The government on Friday asserted that subsidies for the promotion of electric mobility in India will be only for commercial vehicles, and automobiles for personal usage will not be included
Electric vehicles: Auto industry to conduct study for road map towards electric mobility; to discuss with govt
•The auto industry will conduct a study through an external agency for a road map towards electric mobility amid a push from NITI Aayog for the transition to full electric vehicles (EVs) for three-wheelers by 2023 and two-wheelers up to 150cc by 2025, according to sources
Economic Survey 2018-19: Vision for electric mobility encouraging for EV makers, says industry body
•The vision for electric mobility highlighted in Economic Survey is encouraging for electric vehicle (EV) makers and will clear doubts amongst fence sitters and motivate them to come up with new energy products, according to industry players
Tata Motors needs to transform itself to be relevant in future mobility: Chairman N Chandrasekaran
•The next few years will be decisive for Tata Motors and the company needs to transform itself to be relevant in the world of future mobility by forming partnerships, developing new solutions and optimise investment, according to Chairman N Chandrasekaran
Hero, Bajaj, TVS strongly object Niti Aayog's move for all electric two-wheelers, say 'black or white, zero-one change' not possible
•Last week, Niti Aayog had asked auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) along with conventional two-and three-wheeler makers to suggest within two weeks, concrete steps towards transition to electric mobility keeping in mind the 2025 deadline.
Shares of automakers slide up to 3% on proposal over electric vehicles transition
•Shares of automakers fell by up to 3 percent on Monday after NITI Aayog asked industry body SIAM along with conventional two and three-wheeler makers to suggest within two weeks, concrete steps towards the transition to electric mobility
'Changing to electric 2-wheelers from conventional mode not like Aadhaar, printing cards': TVS Motor MD Venu Srinivasan
•Changing from conventional two-wheelers to 100 percent electric is "not like Aadhaar, not a software and print cards" and such transition is completely uncalled for, according to TVS Motor Co and Bajaj Auto
Two-wheeler makers term electric vehicle switchover by 2025 as impractical, unrealistic and ill-timed
•Leading two-wheeler makers Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Company said on Monday that any plan to ban internal combustion engine three-wheelers and two-wheelers to adopt electric ones by 2025 would be "unrealistic" and "ill-timed" and derail auto manufacturing in the country
Ola says it raised Rs 400 crore in a funding round led by Tiger Global, Matrix India
•Ola last year said it planned to bring 1 million electric vehicles to Indian roads in a few years.
Electric mobility to promote manufacturing, generate jobs besides reducing pollution: Arun Jaitley
•Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday said the government's electric mobility programme will promote manufacturing and job creation, besides reducing pollution