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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicElectric vehicles

Topic: electric vehicles

Happenstance or manufacturing prowess? How China reached pole position in key businesses of future

China has manufacturing capacity to supply much of the world demand for EVs, solar panels & wind-energy turbines, plus equipment for making them. Ending dependence on China will take years.

Mercedes-Benz EQE 500 proves the luxury-EV combo is only getting stronger

Mercedes-Benz India MD Santosh Iyer admits that a lot more needs to be done to increase the appeal of EVs across India, particularly in terms of infrastructure.

EV startup Nikola reports jump in second-quarter deliveries, shares rise

(Reuters) -Nikola said on Wednesday that wholesale and retail sales of its electric vehicles jumped in the second quarter from the first, a positive sign for the startup that has been grappling with a

Eve, Blade to expand flying car partnership into European route network, starting with France

Deal follows similar agreements between firms, currently participating in Paris Airshow, to use Eve's electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) in India and the US.

Toyota to market next-gen battery EVs from 2026 developed by new EV-focused unit BEV Factory

Toyota seeks to sell 1.5 million EVs annually by 2026 and 3.5 million, or about one-third of its global volume, by 2030.

Toyota, partners unveil micro e-van, to be out by March 2024

The van will be classed as a ‘kei’ vehicle, which are low-powered, low-taxed domestic fare.

Uttar Pradesh announces subsidy for skill development in manufacturing electric vehicles

A one-time subsidy of Rs 5,000 per employee per year will be provided to a maximum of 50 employees in the form of reimbursement of stipend for all defined manufacturing projects.

What the govt panel doesn’t see when suggesting diesel vehicle ban by 2027

EVs are not as clean as they seem and remove the problem of pollution away from the city centre to somewhere far away.

Electric car sales to grow by 35%, expected to take nearly 1/5th of global market, IEA says

The shift from engine to electric cars will reduce global demand for oil by at least five million barrels a day, says International Energy Agency's projections.

Maruti Suzuki bats for graded tax structure to boost sales of all vehicles using cleaner fuel, not just EVs

Speaking at a select media roundtable in Goa, Maruti Suzuki's Shashank Srivastava says EVs are projected to account for only about 17% of cumulative new vehicle sales in India by 2030.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?