Apple in Top 3 Brands Considered for Quality Without Actual Car on Sale, Vehicle Owners’ Survey Shows

Apple in Top 3 Brands Considered for Quality Without Actual Car on Sale, Vehicle Owners’ Survey Shows

Apple is said to be working on a self-driving car, and several news reports have previously tipped the company to be developing technology towards that goal. While the Cupertino company is probably several years away from launching an autonomous vehicle — it is yet to officially announce plans for such a…

Switch Mobility Unveils EiV22, Country’s First Electric Double-Decker Air-Conditioned Bus: Details

Switch Mobility Unveils EiV22, Country’s First Electric Double-Decker Air-Conditioned Bus: Details

Switch Mobility, the electric vehicle division of Hinduja Group’s flagship Ashok Leyland, unveiled its EiV22 double-decker electric bus on Thursday. The introduction of these 66-seater buses will help Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) switch its current fleet of double decker buses to electric as it looks to make commuting green…

CATL to Set Up $7.6 Billion Hungary Battery Plant to Supply BMW, Mercedes Amid Growing Demand

CATL to Set Up $7.6 Billion Hungary Battery Plant to Supply BMW, Mercedes Amid Growing Demand

China’s CATL said on Friday it would build a EUR 7.3 billion (roughly Rs. 59,600 crore) battery plant in Hungary, Europe’s largest so far, as the world’s biggest electric vehicle battery maker gears up to meet growing demand from global automakers. CATL said that construction of the 100 GWh (gigawatt hours)…

EU Says US Tax Credits for Electric Cars ‘Discriminatory’ Against Europeans

EU Says US Tax Credits for Electric Cars ‘Discriminatory’ Against Europeans

The EU on Thursday said it was “deeply concerned” by US moves to give American motorists a tax credit to buy electric vehicles, saying it was discriminatory against European carmakers. “We think that it’s discriminatory, that is discriminating against foreign producers in relation to US producers. And of course, this…

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…

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…

Nitin Gadkari Urges Advance Action Over EV Fire Incidents, Shares Concerns Over Rising Temperature on EV Batteries

Nitin Gadkari Urges Advance Action Over EV Fire Incidents, Shares Concerns Over Rising Temperature on EV Batteries

Amid incidents of electric two-wheelers catching fire, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday urged companies to take advance action to recall all defective vehicles, even as he said there is some problem with EV batteries when the temperature rises in the months of March, April and May. The Road Transport…