Bangalore startup launches low-cost EV charging station, aims 470 chargers across India

Bangalore-based EV startup, FAE Bikes has announced the launch of ‘Kirana Charzer’, a low-cost, smart EV charging station focused on enabling small shops and individuals to install their own charging stations and generate additional income. The installations will begin from March, with the first Kirana Charzer coming up in Bangalore. The Dheeraj Reddy, Sameer Ranjan… Continue reading Bangalore startup launches low-cost EV charging station, aims 470 chargers across India

CEAT opens new plant in Tamil Nadu, plans additional Rs 4,000 crore investment by 2030

L-R: Anant Goenka, MD, CEAT Tyres and M C Sampath Minister of Industries at the inauguration function of CEAT’s new Tamil Nadu manufacturing facility. CEAT, one of the leading tyre manufacturers in India today expanded its presence in the country with its first greenfield plant in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. The plant was inaugurated by Edappadi… Continue reading CEAT opens new plant in Tamil Nadu, plans additional Rs 4,000 crore investment by 2030

Hyundai Group, Canoo to co-develop platform for future electric vehicles

Hyundai Motor Group has engaged Canoo, a Los Angeles based company creating EVs for subscription only, to jointly develop an electric vehicle (EV) platform based on Canoo’s proprietary skateboard design for upcoming Hyundai and Kia models. As part of the collaboration, Canoo will provide engineering services to help develop a fully scalable, all-electric platform to… Continue reading Hyundai Group, Canoo to co-develop platform for future electric vehicles

Williams Advanced Engineering to help develop world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine truck

Global mining company, Anglo American, has engaged Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop its new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV): an ultra-class electrically powered mining haul truck, which is set to be the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine truck. As part of its FutureSmart Mining programme, which applies innovative thinking and technological advances to address mining’s… Continue reading Williams Advanced Engineering to help develop world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine truck

M&M open to other OEMs joining as co-owners in Mahindra Electric

Going by the scale of investments made, and the time (2010) in which the first lot of investment was made,  Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) would qualify as the strongest proponent of electric mobility. But things haven’t gone as projected as the electric vehicle (EV) market evolution didn’t quite match expectations. Market and economic conditions have… Continue reading M&M open to other OEMs joining as co-owners in Mahindra Electric

Motherson Sumi Systems re-organises business to enhance focus on domestic wiring harness business

Motherson Sumi Systems announced on January 30 that it has sought in-principle approval from its board of directors to demerge the domestic wiring harness business into a separate legal entity. This is mainly because MSSL’s joint venture partner, Sumitomo Wiring Systems (SWS), Japan, wants to focus on the domestic wiring harness business. All other remaining… Continue reading Motherson Sumi Systems re-organises business to enhance focus on domestic wiring harness business

Gordon Murray Design leads UK consortium to produce new autonomous vehicle platform

Gordon Murray Design and its consortium partners Delta Motorsport and itMoves are set to unveil ‘MOTIV’’, a unique and extremely versatile autonomous vehicle platform at the MOVE 2020 show in London later this month (February 11-12). Part-funded through the UK-government’s ‘IDP14’ programme, the new platform breaks the mould for future mobility development by creating a cost-effective,… Continue reading Gordon Murray Design leads UK consortium to produce new autonomous vehicle platform

Varroc Group’s Tarang Jain: ‘Our strategy has been to increase the lighting business.’

The Aurangabad-based Varroc Engineering, a global Tier 1 auto component group, is betting big on its global lighting business as it looks to adapt to the global EV megatrend in the automotive world. Speaking to Autocar Professional’s Nilesh Wadhwa, Tarang Jain, Managing Director at Varroc Group, says the company is investing 250 million euros (Rs… Continue reading Varroc Group’s Tarang Jain: ‘Our strategy has been to increase the lighting business.’

Germany’s Kamax Group plans local production in India within two years

With  the growing importance of India in the global automotive scheme of things, most global companies, be it vehicle manufacturers or component suppliers, are keen to have a footprint in India, which is currently the fourth largest automobile market in the world. Not only that, Make in India is proving to be a lucrative business… Continue reading Germany’s Kamax Group plans local production in India within two years