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Monday, September 8, 2025
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Topic: Electric Cars

How commercial vehicles are leading India’s electric vehicle revolution

Lack of infrastructure, high prices and limited choices are some of the reasons why Indians aren't too enthused to buy personal EVs.

Porsche bets rich Indians will pay to show off electric cars

Porsche, which sells 350-450 cars a year in India, is looking for a boost to those figures when it launches its new Cayenne Coupe this week & Taycan by July 2020.

Carmakers shedding 80,000 jobs globally as electric era upends industry

Amid trade tensions and rising tariffs, carmakers are reassessing their workforce in an era of electrification, autonomous driving and ride-on-demand services.

India has 15 crore drivers and only 8,000 want electric cars

The poor demand is emblematic of the difficulties carmakers face in establishing an electric foothold in India, the fourth-biggest auto market.

The electric cars are here. Now how about selling them

Customers don’t like paying up for new technology they’re unsure about, and they’re worried they won’t reliably get to where they want to go.

Toyota is trying to figure out how to make a car run forever

Toyota has been testing a new solar-powered Prius, though it agrees that cars running nonstop without connecting to a plug are still far away.

They’re actually reinventing the wheel to keep up with robocars

Car-makers are developing smart tyres & putting semi-conductors & sensors inside headlights, glass and seats to make them intelligent.

Saving the planet with electric cars means strangling this desert

In this remote part of the Andes, the hopeful mission of saving the planet through electric cars is destroying a fragile ecosystem and depleting stores of drinking water.

The real reason we’re not driving electric cars

Electrical vehicles that appeal to swaths of consumers remain few and far between & those on the road are still too expensive of which the main culprit is the battery technology.

Power thieves drain India’s electric-car hopes

India’s commitment to put more electric vehicles on the roads is likely to worsen rampant theft of electricity.

On Camera

Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline

Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in Kolkata is also likely to see deliberations on the proposed 'Sudarshan Chakra' missile defence system.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?