There is a need to make a place for environmental justice in India’s fleet electrification drive

Strict environmental, social and governance regulations that extend throughout the EV supply chains imperative

India’s G20 presidency: Lost opportunity for the EV industry

At a time when India could have rallied forces with its contemporaries of the global economy, all it did was to become a propaganda machine for …

Reviewing Punjab’s new EV policy: Will it help achieve desired fleet electrification?

All in all, it is a policy enabling supply side of the value chain, as well as supporting buyers of EVs with the ‘feebate’ incentive …

Decongesting roads just as vital as introducing EVs to transform India’s transport sector. But who’s listening?

Traffic congestions lead to energy wastage & are a mental health hazard

Transit-oriented development is a step towards a more liveable tomorrow

Transition to greener, more sustainable cities will require a lot of change managers other than architects

How realistic are India’s 2030 fleet electrification targets?

Focus should be on converting the existing fleet to electric vehicles and not just adding more EVs to the roads

Extend FAME II: Phase-out, rather than discontinuation of EV subsidy makes more economic sense 

In 2022-23, only 5.6% of all vehicle registrations were for EVs

Induction charging on ‘golden quadrilateral’ can make travel between India’s metros cheap, easy

With wireless charging available, battery size of electric vehicles may be reduced, and thereby, reduce the price of EVs

Run-up to World EV Day: India needs innovation in cell chemistry to leapfrog in the battery race

Indian government doesn’t have a national programme to fund research & development into latest battery technologies 

E-retrofitment: India’s key to fleet electrification and Net Zero emissions

Safe & profitable functioning of e-retrofitment industry will underpin India’s transition to electric mobility

Bidding adieu to John Goodenough, the untiring inventor who co-created the modern lithium-ion battery

In 2019, Goodenough and two other scientists received the Nobel Prize for their work on lithium-ion batteries

Citroen e-C3 fails crash test: What this means for India’s electric vehicle passengers & buyers

Citreon e-C3 received zero stars for adult occupant safety & one for child protection

Assigning ‘perquisite value’ to e-2-wheelers, cycles can boost sustainable transport adoption in India. Here’s how

There is a need to review the taxation regime and to provide a clarification on the perquisite value of company-provided electric two-wheelers …

Battery recycling is essential for India’s critical minerals security

India needs benchmarked practice of collection, segregation, testing for second-use potential, disassembly & recycling to make most of spent …

Battery electric vehicles might beat hydrogen fuel in a cost-benefit analysis, at least for now

Currently in India, battery electric vehicles are more viable than green hydrogen & biofuels. But that may change as technologies are scaled up

Public-private partnership: Way forward for India's critical minerals value chain?

India needs to gear up by setting up joint ventures with the global OEMs and mining companies to make its lithium value chain resilient and …

Hit-&-miss: EV sector gets support in Budget 2023-24, but misses out on long-term vision

Crucial research-linked incentives are missing, which are needed as EV market in India requires time to mature

Too early to celebrate lithium discovery in Jammu and Kashmir

The resource in Jammu is only inferred, which is the lowest in the conviction for the estimation of a mineral deposit  

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