Ola the market leader in App based ride hailing in India is increasing the stakes! The company has taken up the cause of the country to put in place a million Electric vehicles on Indian roads by 2021.
Ola – Largest EV fleet operator in the World
Step1 – 10,000 EVs by 2019
Step2 – 10,00,000 EVs by 2021
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In a major push for EVs NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with all permits for Electric Vehicles. NITI Aayog suggest Electric vehicles are largely environment-friendly and thus should be promoted more actively by the government. This if implemented would be a major positive move in India since the independence of the country.
We at PlugInCaroo feel that this will not only promote electric vehicles but also improve (GREATLY) the ease of doing business building Electric Vehicles in India… especially for start-ups in India. Those companies… Continue reading
Never understood the fact why people make small EVs that can never charge itself and have to depend on the grid to charge itself… in a country where 60% of the population don’t have access to 24×7 electricity. Then say these things are not selling!
Or consider if there is war or emergency and the grid is down… how will millions of the then (year 2050) existing electric vehicles recharge?
On the other hand making the vehicle bigger can allow the vehicle to carry solar panels on the roof to charge itself and also protect the driver, battery and passengers in case of a crash. Bigger the vehicle safer it is in a crash. Always in a crash… the bigger vehicle wins!
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Mahindra finally seems to have woken up!
Mahindra has promised to release ALL of its SUVs with an Electric variant.. starting with KUV100.
We had previously compared the KUV100 with… Continue reading
The biggest milestones of the year were reaching 1,000 YouTube subscribers… in just four months of launch… and later on reaching 3,000 YouTube subscribers in next four months!
Lets rewind and see what topics we have covered! We sincerely hope the content benefits and empowers each one of our subscribers. Whether it is a farmer or a city dweller, a car owner or a… Continue reading
Toyota Motor Corporation, the world’s biggest automaker and Suzuki Motor Corporation, parent company of Maruti Suzuki concluded a memorandum of understanding to develop electric vehicles (EV) in India in around 2020.
Suzuki will make the EVs, and supply some to Toyota, while Toyota will provide technical support. Additionally, Toyota and Suzuki will conduct a comprehensive study of activities for the widespread acceptance and popular use of EVs in India. These will include establishment of charging… Continue reading
The Center is likely to put in place liberal norms for setting up charging stations to power electric vehicles.
While the NDA government plans to have an all-electric fleet on the country’s roads by 2030, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission is working on setting up norms for charging stations.
According to the proposal, those setting up… Continue reading
As India appears to be focusing on pure electric vehicles in a shift away from supporting hybrid vehicles Suzuki CEO , Toshihiro visualizes the future.
“As the industry shifts towards EVs (electric vehicles), when it comes to India, our volumes are so large that I worry that we could be caught flat-footed if there was a sudden shift towards electrification” Suzuki CEO , Toshihiro said.
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