Electric Mobility News

Panasonic Jaguar Racing is the latest Formula E team to showcase its Season 5 contender and has released the concept livery for the I-TYPE 3 race car. The Gen2 electric racer will be contesting in the 2018-19 FIA Formula E Championship. Apart from Jaguar, the likes of Audi and Nissan also revealed concept liveries for Season 5.

The new company, VanguardSpark is a partnership of Erik Buell and two other companies - Vanguard Motorcycles and Spark Racing Technology.

A new electric model will debut at Auto China 2018 in Beijing and take center stage alongside the new Nissan LEAF and the Nissan IMx KURO electric crossover concept vehicle.

The H500 will showcase technology developed by HK for the drive system, with battery, electric motors, central control unit and range extender.

Mercedes-Benz is looking to launch the S-Class electric by 2022. The car will be built on a new platform and will be launched as under the EQ brand.

BMW announced that in 2018, it targets to sell 1,40,000 EVs and has ambitious plans to take that tally to 5 lakh units in 2019.

A few weeks ago we brought to you an exclusive review of the Mahindra Genze electric scooter all the way from San Francisco. The Genze scooter is purpose built to be a workhorse with just one seat and a loading bay at the rear which gives it an immediate distinction as compared to the other two wheelers available in the segment. We knew Mahindra was testing the Genze scooters in India for reliability trials and now, one such prototype has been spied doing the test rounds. Although India is being used as a test bed for the electric scooter, it is however unlikely that it will get launched here anytime soon primarily due to price and segmentation reasons.

Strom Motors, a Mumbai-based startup today unveiled an all-new electric car in India - the Strom R3. The compact, two-door electric vehicle uses reverse trike configuration with a single wheel at the rear and to wheels up front. The car has been specifically designed for urban cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.