Apart from infrastructure and electricity needed to charge an electric vehicle, it is the readiness to accept a such vehicles which is said to be much lower in rural areas
The flagged off proto-type EVs have been developed on an existing model of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan
Two decades earlier, Wan Gang persuaded China's State Council to throw its vast power behind the risky, unproven technology of electric cars
The two companies will also explore other opportunities for collaboration in renewable energy
Taking into account that the localisation level in most of these vehicles is low, at less than 50 per cent, the impact of a weak rupee is high due to high import content
It's time that India should think seriously to promote green vehicles and curb pollution, says Nitin Gadkari
The Prime Minister also said India's economy and reforms were on the move in this direction
Suzuki said the company has decided to launch EV in India around 2020 in cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
Bhalla said that electric vehicles will become popular only after charging infrastructure is put in place
Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain are set to hand over the keys of their all-electric smart scooters to the first set of customers in September
The new tariff rates are expected to encourage people to look at electric vehicles as a viable option
The absence of a firm framework for battery-operated vehicles reflects the uncertainty within government of their utility in the larger global warming debate
Ali was selected for a course in architecture in NIT Jharkhand, but he couldn't join due to financial constraints.
Treasure Vase was launched by Srivastava, a former communication and marketing manager for United Technologies, India and Asia Pacific
This is a part of Congnizant's 'Go Green' programme for its employees which will be jointly executed by Tata Power and Tata Motors
If electric vehicles are to become the preferred choice, easy availability of charging infrastructure and battery swapping facilities will hold the key to shifting consumer preferences
EVs to comprise about 7% of sales in India by 2030
Repurposing efforts may slow if it becomes more profitable to extract materials like cobalt and simply make new batteries
Finding ways to reuse the technology is becoming more urgent as the global stockpile of EV batteries is forecast to exceed the equivalent of about 3.4 million packs by 2025
The company is in talks with Hyderabad Metro to install fast chargers at its 24 stations in the city