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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: EVs

India must not let China become for EVs what Saudi is for oil

What is the point of a 120kmph road if I can’t drive at least that fast. EV ecosystem must evolve in India.

Foxconn targets India, Thailand for production of their new small battery-powered car

Foxconn at present produces only a small number of EV's and has set an initial target of gaining a 5% share of the global market by 2025.

I spent 6 weeks with Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV. Here’s how it behaves—highways to city traffic

Hyundai IONIQ5 provides an impressive average of almost seven kilometers per unit of electricity, costing only Rs 1.2 per kilometer on city roads.

Why make buses electric when no one uses them? Delhi’s EV roadmap is hotly contested

Civil engineering professors, climate researchers and transport specialists pushed for behavioural changes and not just structural changes at an event that laid out Delhi's EV roadmap.

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.

EVs are duping you about carbon emissions. Govt should let diesel cars run longer

We shouldn't treat the automotive industry like fast fashion. Although carmakers agree that emissions are a problem, manufacturing vehicles is a major problem too.

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.

Ford, Vale Indonesia, Huayou sign deal for $4.5 billion EV battery material plant

The HPAL located in Pomalaa, Indonesia where Vale operates a nickel mine, is SAID to produce 120,000 tonnes a year of materiaL that is used in batteries for EVs.

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.

Electric cabs are taking over Delhi’s roads, with 15-fold surge in registrations in 5 years

Govt data shows electric taxis make up almost half of all the cabs registered in Delhi, up from 1.81% in 2018. Rising fuel costs, subsidies, better charging infra are driving trend.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.