Electric Mobility News

Homegrown commercial vehicle maker Eicher Motors has revealed that it will soon be taking the electric route with its commercial offerings. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of its new truck variants for the e-commerce industry, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), Executive VP, Shyam Maller told carandbike.com that the manufacturer is working on an electric bus for the urban markets that will cater to intra-city needs.

The managing director of Ducati Western Europe, Edouard Latthe, spoke to a French website saying that electric vehicles are the way of the future and one can expect Ducati to bring in scooters and eletctric two-wheelers, but not before 2021.

The Vespa Elettrica will go on sale in Europe in 2018 and will be offered in two variants - the standard version with a 100 km range and the Elettrica X with over 200 km range.

Skoda Auto is going to produce models that run purely on electric at their Mlada Boleslav site. As of 2019, the brand will also be manufacturing electrical components for plug-in hybrids. The production of electric vehicles and parts is a significant step in the implementation of the brand's future strategy

NITI Aayog has sought comments from ministries, including heavy industry, environment, road, transport and highways, and power on the issue and is in the process of chalking out the nitty-gritties of the framework.

Nagpur, being the first city to introduce Electric Public Transportation Model in India, has added one more feather to its cap by adding the first electric charging station at IOC's petrol pump in Nagpur.

According to the outcome of the Group's planning round for 2018 to 2022, which the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft discussed at its meeting today, expenditure totalling more than $40 billion are to be made in these future technologies by the end of 2022.

Toyota and Suzuki have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch electric vehicles in India by 2020. Suzuki will supply the EVs, while Toyota will be providing the technical support.