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Volkswagen, not Voltswagen: Name change only an April Fool’s joke, company confirms
•Volkswagen issued a press release insisting it was indeed changing its name in the USA to Voltswagen.
General Motors and Microsoft team up to commercialise self-driving vehicles
•Microsoft’s Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to “commercialise its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.”
Delhi government has announced exemption of road tax on all EVs or battery-operated vehicles
Overdrive •In August this year, the Telangana government had approved a new electric vehicle policy for the state.
Renault reveals new, all electric, shape shifting Morphoz concept car
Overdrive •The concept car changes in two modes- the City mode and for longer journeys, the Travel mode.
In Bhutan, misinformation, lack of funds pose major hurdles in move towards electric vehicles
The Third Pole •Even if the introduction of 300 electric vehicles pans out as expected by 2021, the UNDP funding stops there. If Bhutan hopes to continue with an electric vehicle programme beyond next year, the government will have to find new sponsors – a process that could derail the programme’s future.
Sony reveals electric concept car Vision S out of nowhere at CES 2020
•It has 33 embedded sensors including image sensors, solid-state light detection and ranging (Lidar) sensors.
MG Motor showcases ZS EV all-electric SUV in India, to be launched on 15 January 2020
Overdrive •The official driving range for the ZS EV stands at 340km per full charge, with five recharge options.
New battery design to help electric cars run 320 kilometres with just 10 minutes of charge
•Researchers say that the temperature of the new battery design was 60 degrees Celsius during the charge cycle.
Govt plans to order taxi aggregators like Uber, Ola to convert 40% fleet of cars to electric by April 2026
•India plans to order taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to convert 40 percent of their fleet of cars to electric by April 2026, according to a source and records of government meetings to discuss new rules for clean mobility
Volkswagen unveils fully-electric SUV ID. ROOMZZ to compete with Tesla's Model X
•The Volkswagen ID. ROOMZZ can go up to 450 kilometres in a single charge.