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Making India’s 3-wheelers electric

Down To Earth presents a snapshot on the electrification of 3-wheelers in India and how it can benefit the country

Centre releases white paper on pathways to catalyse tech innovation ecosystem for e-mobility

Document co-authored by CSE with Department of Science & Technology part of white paper; it envisages focused cell & battery development …

Race to save the world

‘Racing Green’ shows how motorsport acts as a proving ground to experiment with sustainable innovations that can be adopted for …

This is not the time to obscure the e-car pathway

As the car industry has to prepare for firmer regulatory targets for electrification and upscaled market by 2030, only incremental steps within …

As told to Parliament (February 2, 2024): Rs 2.81 lakh crore transferred to 110 million farmers so far under PM-Kisan

All that was discussed in the House through the day    

Union Budget 2024-25 set blueprint for India’s New Green Deal

Sitharaman’s announcements are in line with PM Modi’s 2021 Glasgow declaration on Net Zero by 2070

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment — driven from the industry-rich Hunan region

Vulnerability of African countries and changing domestic needs of China leading to the shift

Climate change is an infrastructure problem: Map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why

Uneven, limited charging infrastructure is a major roadblock to rapid electrification of vehicle fleet in the US, considered crucial to reducing …

EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles is a risky strategy that may backfire

The commission will now undertake the investigation and probably propose new “anti-subsidy” duties on Chinese imports

World EV Day 2023: Why electric mobility in Nigeria is an opportunity to leapfrog in the Global South

Electric mobility is an opportunity for Africa to sidestep polluting internal combustion engines and leapfrog to eliminate toxic exposures and …

Gujarat has put just one e-vehicle on the road in last six months: Govt data

Maharashtra, which set a target of registering five lakh EVs by 2022 — an average of 274 vehicles per day — managed only four per day …

EV manufacturers fined over non-indigenous components: Is it misappropriation of subsidy or notional loss?

Okinawa Autotech, Hero Electric told to pay Rs 249 crore for misappropriation of FAME II subsidies

Unregulated import of used vehicles bad for Africa: Report

Trade in old and used vehicles from high-income countries causes massive environmental dumping and toxic pollution

COVID-19 causes dip in electric vehicle sales, but long-term outlook intact: Report

Only 1.9 million electric vehicles to be sold in 2020, outlook worse for cars with internal combustion engines

Used vehicles on Africa’s roads: UN report flags environment concerns

At least 60% vehicles on Africa’s roads are used and imported; regulations weak in as many as 44 countries

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

From Petro to Electro: How prepared is India to ride the energy transition wave?

An electro-economy is an inevitable reality. The quicker India prepares for this change, the bigger will be the economic spin off, along with low …

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.

SUV ads: Dangerous city animals

If an alligator could drive, what vehicle would it choose to go to a party? None other than the Tata Safari.The query in the latest Tata Safari …

CSE, Centre join hands to develop electric vehicle batteries suited for India

Plan a white paper on designing safe, durable and well performing batteries within climate constraints