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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicElectric two-wheelers

Topic: electric two-wheelers

Bengaluru bike taxi riders fear more attacks on fraternity as govt flip-flop leaves them stranded

Amid govt’s crackdown, there is no clarity on whether two-wheeler taxis can continue to operate in Bengaluru, adding to increasing tensions between auto drivers and bike taxi riders.

‘Not bachelors in hostel anymore’—Ather’s Rizta scooter launch turns into a family outing

The Ather Community Day 2024 in Bengaluru saw participants travelling from as far as Pune, some riding all the way on their Ather scooters.

‘EV segment a marathon, not a 100-metre race’ — Hero MotoCorp CEO Niranjan Gupta

Company plans to bring 3 new electric two-wheelers in the next 1 year — one scooter each in mid-price and economy segments, and one electric two-wheeler in B2B last-mile delivery segment.

With 7-month soar, India’s 2023 EV sales already 88% of 2022 numbers. Here’s what helped business

Consumers embrace EVs as their primary mode of transport, overcoming initial concerns and challenges. Factors such as cost of ownership, performance, and home charging drive the demand.

Why a subsidy cut on electric two-wheelers isn’t such a bad thing

Heavy FAME-II subsidy until now skewed production and ownership in favour of high-powered scooters that have larger battery packs.

Honda plans EV push in India, wants to establish factory, launch 2 EVs by FY 2024

Plans to set up a manufacturing plant & bolster existing infrastructure, says MD, president & CEO Atsushi Ogata. Aim is to achieve annual production capacity of 1 million by 2030.

‘Poor charging infrastructure, high prices’ — what’s putting the brakes on India’s 2030 EV target

Two-wheeler electric vehicles faring well, but long charging duration & expensive batteries may dent govt’s ambitions, says Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association report.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.