BIS Said to Roll Out New Performance Standards for EV Batteries to Ensure Consumer Safety

BIS Said to Roll Out New Performance Standards for EV Batteries to Ensure Consumer Safety

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with performance standards for electric vehicle batteries in order to ensure the safety of consumers, a senior consumer affairs ministry official said on Thursday. BIS, the national standards-setting body that functions under the consumer affairs ministry, has published the “performance standards…

Government Reportedly Orders Probe Into Nexon EV Fire Incident, Report to Be Submitted This Month

Government Reportedly Orders Probe Into Nexon EV Fire Incident, Report to Be Submitted This Month

The government has ordered an independent enquiry into a Nexon electric vehicle catching fire in Mumbai, a senior Road Transport and Highways ministry official said on Thursday. “We have ordered an independent enquiry to investigate the Nexon EV fire incident,” the official told PTI. The Centre for Fire Explosive and…

Tesla India Executive Reportedly Resigned Weeks After Company Puts EV Plans in the Country on Hold

Tesla India Executive Reportedly Resigned Weeks After Company Puts EV Plans in the Country on Hold

A key executive who was leading Tesla’s lobbying effort in India has resigned, weeks after the US carmaker put on hold plans to sell electric cars in the South Asian nation, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters. Manuj Khurana, policy and business development executive at Tesla in India, was…

TVS Aims to Scale Up Play in EV Segment by Leveraging Production-Linked Incentive Scheme

TVS Aims to Scale Up Play in EV Segment by Leveraging Production-Linked Incentive Scheme

TVS aims to build a “sustained dominant play” in the electric vehicle segment by leveraging various government initiatives like production-linked incentive scheme, among others. As per its annual report for 2021-22, the company has robust plans to scale up its play in the electric segment. “The PLI (Production-Linked Incentive) and FAME…

Elon Musk Says No Plant in India Until Tesla Allowed to Sell, Service Imported Cars

Elon Musk Says No Plant in India Until Tesla Allowed to Sell, Service Imported Cars

Hinting that Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in India the carmaker’s chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk said on Friday tweeted that until the company is first allowed to sell and service imported cars in the country there will be no setting up of the bases.Responding to an…

Magenta to Hire Over 340 People Across Roles With New Offices Opening in Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Bengaluru

Magenta to Hire Over 340 People Across Roles With New Offices Opening in Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Bengaluru

Home-grown electric vehicle charging and mobility solutions company Magenta on Tuesday said that it will hire more than 340 people in 2022. The announcement comes amidst Magenta expanding its geographical presence with new offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR, the company said in a statement. The company is looking…

Delhi Government Approves 1,500 Electric Buses for Public Transport Fleet

Delhi Government Approves 1,500 Electric Buses for Public Transport Fleet

The Delhi government on Friday approved the induction of 1,500 low-floor electric buses in its public transportation fleet, an official statement said. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) also decided to allocate 10 sites to various agencies for setting up Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations and battery swapping stations under Delhi…

Ola Electric Upgrading VCUs on Older S1 Pro Electric Scooters to Avoid Further Recalls: Report

Ola Electric Upgrading VCUs on Older S1 Pro Electric Scooters to Avoid Further Recalls: Report

Ola S1 Pro electric scooters are reportedly receiving an upgrade to the vehicle control unit (VCU) in order to accommodate future updates and to mitigate heating issues, pre-emptively preventing further recalls. New Ola S1 Pro units are being shipped with an upgraded VCU with more RAM and onboard storage, according…

Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Says Scooter Fires Rare, but Can Happen in Future

Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Says Scooter Fires Rare, but Can Happen in Future

There may be more fires in electric scooters in the future but such incidents are very rare, the chief executive of India’s Ola Electric said at a private company event, after safety concerns were heightened by a fire in one of its scooters in March. Ola’s e-scooter fire was among…