Electric Mobility News

A partnership between GM and Honda is not new. Both the companies have already formed the industry's first manufacturing joint venture to produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system by 2020.

US-based electric motorcycle company Zero Motorcycles has revealed its new company logo. This is the electric motorcycle company's third logo, which commenced operations little over a decade ago. Comprising 'Z' and '0' in a what looks like a numerical '0', the new logo is very much in-line with what traditional auto manufacturers logos have looked like and brings a sharper, sleeker and futuristic appeal for the company.

A new category of small vehicles - Quadricycles, has been approved by the Indian government and in particular the Ministry Of Road Transport and Highways. This new category, which will mainly be used to classify small four wheeled personal vehicles (or commercial vehicles) will have to pass a list of emissions, crash and other norms which will be laid down by the government and the Automotive Research Association Of India - ARAI. The first vehicle to be launched under this new category will be the Bajaj Qute. Bajaj Auto has heavily lobbied for this particular class of vehicle as until now, there was no such special category in India like the ones in Europe and in other countries around the world. The government has made no indication as to what GST rate will be applied to register these vehicles or whether they will have special registration plates like the new green plates on electric vehicles.

The Tesla founder has categorically ruled out any plans of the electric car company from venturing into the motorcycle business.

Daimler, already has the Citaro E-Cell operating in the European markets and the zero emission bus have just started to get things rolling for Daimler in March this year.

eMotion Motors is a Coimbatore based company which makes electric two-wheelers. it recently revealed the eMotion Surge, which is an electric motorcycle.

Goldstone Infratech in collaboration with BYD - a Chinese auto giant has launched a new urban electric bus in India. Called the eBuzz K6, the electric urban bus is a 7-metre long, high floor bus that has a range of over 200 kms on a single charge. The electric bus will essentially be used as a 'feeder bus' for last mile connectivity. What this means is that the bus will be used in dense urban areas on urban routes that have a high degree of congestion. The electric bus will be made in India and will also be exported to countries such as Nepal.

The Ather electric scooters promise to change the way we perceive electric two-wheelers. Should you consider buying one? We seek some answers.