Electric Vehicles

India's digital transformation: A tale of transformation, tenacity and technology

Emerging markets like digital fitness, online healthcare, food delivery and smart home devices are rapidly gaining traction in India

EVs to hit snag, sales, growth may be significantly lower in 2024, believes Tesla

Tesla believes 2024 is going to be a really tough year for EVs and will have significantly lower sales, and perhaps even lower growth. Having said that Tesla remains optimistic about its energy storage business. Despite a slower fourth quarter, storage deployments increased by 125 per cent

How battery swapping is reshaping the landscape of sustainable transportation

Battery swapping offers a transformative approach to addressing key challenges in the EV sector

Saviour EV: How an Australian woman’s car saved her son’s life when all nearby hospitals, doctors failed

An increasing number of EV manufacturers incorporating the capability for their vehicles to serve as power supplies, individuals facing power outages now have the option to power and charge essential devices

Rude Awakening: EV sales stagnate in the UK, carmakers ask government for subsidies, cuts in VAT

EV sales in the UK has plateaued, following a couple of years of rapid growth. Automakers in the country are lobbying the Rishi Sunak-led government to offer subsidies and VAT cuts to entice more people to adopt EVs and abide by UK's zero-emission vehicle mandate

Tesla to rethink strategy, broaden appeal after record sales in 2023, go beyond EV enthusiasts

Despite record breaking sales in 2023, Tesla is planning to rethink its strategy, and now focus on more budget, and easy to use EV. The idea is to move away from EV enthusiasts and Elon Musk fans, and focus more on regular customers

More trouble for Tesla: EV maker marked wheels breaking, flying off moving cars as 'minor issue'

The way Tesla handles 'flaws' and 'failures,' by blaming drivers for defects such as collapsed suspensions and breaking axles has making headlines for years now. A new report now claims that Tesla knew of this constant failure and issue, and called it a minor issue

Power Trip: Detroit tries out wireless charging for EVs, cars to draw power from streets as they drive

Soon, EV drivers can recharge their cars, while they drive them, by drawing power from the streets they are driving on. The city of Detroit, US, is trying out a novel wireless charger and receiver that can draw power through a network of charging coils, placed under the street surface

Cabs, delivery vehicles in Delhi to go electric by 2030, as LG notifies Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator Scheme

Delhi's LG VK Saxena has approved the 'Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider Scheme 2023'. This mandates a swift transition of commercial vehicle fleets used by aggregators, delivery services, and e-commerce companies to electric vehicles after 2030

Bigger, Better, Greener: New EV battery from Sweden to cut world’s dependency on China

Today, the world is at the mercy of China for raw materials to make their EV batteries. However that is set to change soom thanks to Sweden. A Swedish battery company, Northvolt has developed a breakthrough sodium-ion battery that is not dependent on lithium, nickel, graphite, or cobalt