Dyson plans to enter electric cars business :Best known for slick-looking vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, James Dyson has already stated his intentions to tackle a completely different machine — the electric car. Dyson is planning a trio of new EVs for the next decade that will also adopt a solid-state battery pack, , embarking...Continue Reading
Electric Buses Will Take Over Half the World Fleet by 2025. The number of electric buses will triple within seven years, and virtually all of them will be in China. The total number of electric buses in service is forecast to more than triple, from 386,000 last year to about 1.2 million in 2025, equal to...Continue Reading
It is difficult to predict the the Lithium prices over a 5 years horizon. Some analysts say that the prices may harden over 5 to 7 years , primarily due to China controlling the raw material prices and the world demand surging. However we can quite definitely forecast the 2 to 3 years price trends...Continue Reading
Flex Engine bikes, capable of running on 100% petrol as well as 100% ethanol will be introduced in India soon as per the Federal Minister Gadkari. The Minister is said to have been making such revolutionary statements before, only some of them have seen actual traction. Gogoro Inc, the Taiwanese electric scooter maker backed by former US vice president...Continue Reading
Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday made a pitch for tax incentives for electric vehicles and said the ministry will soon come out with regulations for promoting e-mobility in the country. The power ministry will also do away with cross subsidy in the proposed power tariff policy to promote e-mobility, as nobody will buy power at Rs...Continue Reading
GM announcing a 2019 possible launch of an autonomous electric car with no steering wheel Hydrogen powered trains in Germany may be introduced on experimental basis. One km solar highway with panels embedded below a transparent top layer of the road has been opened for traffic that can melt the snow and charge the EVs....Continue Reading
India does not have any worthwhile component industry for the EV powertrain or the charging infrastructure. No one manufactures Li cells in India and there are very few good quality battery packaging units. Less than 5 manufacturers have started making electric motors in small very quantities. However there seems to be rush of collaborations and...Continue Reading
Creating a complete and sizeable value chain from development to SCM (supply chain management) to manufacturing, marketing and servicing needs needs lots of resources. Unless startups are solidly backed by investors, it is difficult to create a meaningful integrated business in EVs. There are however opportunities for startups to creating a complete product with a...Continue Reading
There are not many EV specific courses or curriculum in colleges. Therefore one needs to either have “on the job” learning experience or do some in-depth self study of the EV powertrain to be able to pursue a serious career in the EV industry. There is a lot to be learnt in the space of...Continue Reading
On a well to wheel comparison, even after accounting for 80% polluting thermal power and the CO2 that will be produced when all the lithium battery cells are produced in India, there is a 40% reduction in the CO2 in an electric two wheeler over the life cycle of the product. When calculated at the...Continue Reading
