Oben means “at the top” in German, like an eagle that surveys all beneath it, hovering high in the sky. That was the idea that motivated Madhumita Agrawal, Dinkar Agrawal and Sagar Thakkar to start their electric motorcycle company Oben Electric. Oben’s strategy to stand out among the bigger players began with a clear focus:… Continue reading Oben Electric: Swimming Against the Current
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India Must Tackle Evaporative Emission as BS7 Norms Near, Says Expert
As India accelerates toward implementing Bharat Stage 7 (BS7) emission standards, experts are warning that a silent but significant source of pollution is being overlooked: evaporative emissions. These are fuel vapors that escape from vehicles–not through the exhaust pipe, but from fuel tanks, fuel lines, and during refueling. Evaporative emissions can be as dangerous as… Continue reading India Must Tackle Evaporative Emission as BS7 Norms Near, Says Expert
Why I love tools (and not just for fixing my cars)
I am going to talk cars in a moment, I promise, but it’s front of mind: the other week I had to put up a gatepost. Or rather two of them, joined back to back, at a pretty normal height of 1.5m but overall a hefty 20cm by 40cm thick. I knew I’d need tools… Continue reading Why I love tools (and not just for fixing my cars)
Where I go, Yo-Go: exploring London in an electric golf buggy
The brains behind the Yo-Go buggies is Samuel Bailey. The automotive engineer wanted to give Londoners an alternative to the expensive electric car and found the answer in China, where the buggies are built by a company called Marshell. Each has a small 5kWh battery powering a 4kW electric motor and giving a range of… Continue reading Where I go, Yo-Go: exploring London in an electric golf buggy
MWIC Bonus Episode 13: Autocar Meets car designer Julian Thomson, GM Advanced Design Europe
Julian Thomson is one of the world’s best car designers and if you don’t know the name, you’ll know his cars. As Lotus’s chief designer he designed the Elise and at Jaguar Land Rover created the LRX concept, which went on to become the Range Rover Evoque. But most of Thomson’s career has been spent… Continue reading MWIC Bonus Episode 13: Autocar Meets car designer Julian Thomson, GM Advanced Design Europe
Hybrid Cars, Once Derided and Dismissed, Have Become Popular
Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles. Go to Source
Tesla inks first deal to build China’s largest grid-scale battery power plant
Tesla Inc. Megapack batteries at the Victorian Big Battery site operated by Neoen SA in Moorabool, Victoria, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Elon Musk helped accelerate a transformation of Australias electricity grid to replace fossil fuels with clean power now it’s a testing ground for global climate action. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via Getty Images… Continue reading Tesla inks first deal to build China’s largest grid-scale battery power plant
Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin
watch now Tesla‘s long-overdue robotaxi is finally hitting the streets this weekend, but the rollout may face some roadblocks. The Elon Musk-led electric vehicle company is expected to roll out robotaxis in Austin, Texas, on June 22, with the first driverless trip from the factory to a customer house expected on his birthday, June 28.… Continue reading Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin
A lesson for the West? Japan was better prepared than most for China’s rare-earth mineral squeeze
Bulldozer scoop soil containing various rare earth to be loaded on to a ship at a port in Lianyungang, east China’s Jiangsu province on September 5, 2010, for export to Japan. Str | Afp | Getty Images Japan has been quietly blazing a trail for supply chain resilience. Long before China in early April imposed… Continue reading A lesson for the West? Japan was better prepared than most for China’s rare-earth mineral squeeze
“Missed Very Dearly”: Chandrasekaran Pays Tribute to Ratan Tata at Tata Motors AGM Amid Tata Group Crisis
“This has been a long and unsettling week for all of us,” Natarajan Chandrasekaran said at the Tata Motors 80th Annual General Meeting on Friday, his voice reflecting the weight of recent tragedies. The devastating crash of Air India Flight 171 and the loss of his mentor, Ratan Tata, had plunged him into a period… Continue reading “Missed Very Dearly”: Chandrasekaran Pays Tribute to Ratan Tata at Tata Motors AGM Amid Tata Group Crisis