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  • Tata Motors To Bring Electric SUV Next Month

    Tata Power commits to building 1000 electric vehicle charging stations in Odisha.

    Tata Motors is expected to introduce their maiden electric SUV which is based on Nexon on the 16th of December 2019. The EV is going to see a launch in the Indian markets between January and the month of March in 2020 as had been announced earlier.

    The electric SUV is going to feature the EV technology called Ziptron by the brand which had recently been unveiled. The SUV is likely to have a range of close to 300km and is going to be priced somewhere in the range of Rs.15-17 lakhs.

    It had been revealed earlier by the company that the Nexon’s Ziptron powertrain is prepared keeping the driving in India and the conditions of the climate in mind and is going to provide appropriate performance and range for the buyers in India. The battery pack of the Nexon EV is going to comprise of lithium-ion cells and is going to feature liquid cooling for maintaining operating temperature which is idea.

    The company has also gone on to say that the battery pack of the SUV is coming encased in a steel casing that has high strength and also boasts of a rating of IP67 which is one of the highest standards for dust protection and waterproofing. In addition, Tata Motors is going to offer a warranty of 8 years on the motor and the battery pack.

    As a part of their marketing initiatives, the company has driven the car from Manali to Leh through a few of the tough terrain for proving its durability and performance in spite of the limited infrastructure of charging under the weather conditions which are extreme in the portions of the country where the drive took place.       

  • Tata Power to install 1000 charging points for electric vehicles in India

    Electric vehicles in India will get a huge boost as Tata power is going to install 1000 electric vehicle charging points and around a lakh solar pumps across the Indian state of Odisha in the coming five years.

    Already, it has set up 50 points for electric vehicle charging while 97 points are additionally under many stages of installation or commissioning as per a release from the company.

    The announcement of setting up solar pumps was made during the Make in Odisha conclave in Bhubaneshwar. Tata power said that this was a part of its efforts in solarization of the agriculture sector in this state.

    Tata power has already installed more than 700 solar pumps in further addition to the 1200 dual pumps for the applications of community drinking all over the state. Considering the huge potential that the state has in harnessing renewable energy, Tata power has said that it is going to participate in the growth of clean energy and renewable growth in this state.

    In Rooftop solar space, this company is also considering the installation of close to 1000 MW of the rooftop solar panels in this state. It has already installed more than 25 MW all over the state. This helps in reducing enough emissions comparable to the planting of as many as 11.31 lakh trees.

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    The rooftop solar offering has been availed by many industries which include the cashew processing units, steel production, oil mills, handlooms as well as manufacturing units.

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    Further, the floating capacity is going to be close to 5,000 MW all over the different water reservoirs of the state and Tata Power is going to look to utilize the expertise that they have in setting such plants up.

    This is going to help in meeting the peak demands of people in the state and also help the electric vehicle development in the state.

  • Switzerland may limit electric vehicle usage due to electricity shortage.

    Electric vehicles Europe situation will have to be on high alert as Switzerland may be forced to limit the use of electric vehicles if the electric supply shortages happen in winter. This is under a new four-pronged plan for preventing blackouts and power cuts.

    For maintaining energy security in the Winter months, Switzerland may be the first country which limits driving and using the electric vehicles.  

    Driving an electric vehicle might be banned in Switzerland unless the journey is an absolutely necessary one in the third stage of the power conservation plan. The country is also going to plan a stricter limit of speed on the highways in the action plan which is proposed recently but hasn’t been adopted yet. Typically, Switzerland imports its electricity from both Germany and France for meeting its demands for power but the supply is constrained this year from their neighbors.

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    The nuclear fleet available to France is a lot lower than it was and that has led to this country becoming an importer of electricity after many years of calling itself a net exporter.

    French Electricity grid will be at a risk higher than any of the previous years for strained power supplies in the month of January. France may also be facing a risk of power cuts in the winter and the electricity supply might not be enough to meet all demands.

    The situation is also similar in Germany as the utilities are now having to make up for the loss that they have faced due to the disruptions from Russian pipelines.

    Power supply is still uncertain in Switzerland and the trouble with electric capacity not being there might not be ruled out.

    This may be a big impacting factor and one which the electric vehicles Europe association would have to take seriously for the growth of the electric vehicles.

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  • US electric vehicle shows negligible impact on carbon emissions

    Electric vehicles are seemingly the most important discussion point right now as there is a lot of effort being made for the electrification and it has been spurred on by the impending regulations of the government all over the world and they are aimed at reduction of dependency on the fossil fuels. However in what is a body blow to the movement, the data shows that the electric vehicle sales may not be impacting the gasoline consumption. The United States Electric vehicles sales is higher than ever despite the shortages of supply chain and a frequent markup of dealership. But according to a recent estimate, it has been reported that the consumption of gasoline only reduced by 0.54 % last year.

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    The United States plug-in vehicles had driven close to 70 billion miles in total ever since the year 2010. This has displaced the use of 2.5 billion gallons of gasoline and close to 19 million tons of the greenhouse gasses. It was estimated that about 370 million gallons of gasoline were consumed in the year 2021. For the year, the plug-in vehicles saved only about 690 million gallons of gasoline which is only about a couple of days of consumption and the reduction of emission was very less.

    This raises questions on the electric vehicle environmental impact. The biggest growth was in the plug-in sales which has doubled from the last year to 634,000 from the 308,000 vehicles it was at earlier.

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    It was assumed that plug-in drivers behave a lot like their gasoline-driven counterparts but applied the PHEV factor to it which adds a basis of battery size and mileage to it.

    The reduction due to the coronavirus pandemic were also added to it and they were consequently adjusted. The impact of coronavirus on electric vehicles was thus nullified by the estimates.

  • Emerging Markets to lead the charge of Electric Vehicles.

    Electric Vehicles are going to proliferate and become a lot more accessible to the drivers all over the world as a several emerging markets are going to look to expand their manufacturing of the Electric Vehicles.

    Once upon a time it was a luxury segment of automotive industry, the Electric Vehicles are becoming popular among the companies and consumers alike in the last few years with the solid growth trends attracting the private and public investments. The EV uptake is essential to the global transitions as the transport remains the sector which has the biggest reliance on the fossil fuels producing an estimate of 37% of the CO2 emissions from the end-use industries in 2021.

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    The number of EVs which are on road is going to triple in the world in the coming years. Although China currently dominates the Electric Vehicle scene due to the china incentives for electric vehicles. There are many emerging markets which have announced plans for jumpstarting domestic production.  

    Recently, El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company also signed the shareholder’s contract with the National Automotive company for establishing the first EV distributor of the country with the first EVs produced by the company to hit the market in the coming years.

    NASCO has also signed an MOU with Velco Egypt which is a subsidiary of the French automotive supplier of the same name for designing and developing and producing the EV components. In December of 2021, the project had been seeking close to $127m in the investment and targeting of annual production of close to 20,000 units over a period of three years.

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    The private players have also been seeking support for the EV goals of North Africa’s country with the biggest population. Shifting of investment from the social media projects to green projects, Mohamed Mansour who is an Egyptian billionaire has announced plans for production of 15,000 EVs.

  • Canoo electric vehicle delivers on first pickup truck

    EV startup Canoo which was struggling for the last few years has delivered the first pickup truck to the army of the United States for the purpose of analysis and demonstration. The LTV of the company is built on same platforms such as Duplo of Canoo which is a toy-looking prototype of an Electric Vehicle truck which had been revealed in the year 2021. This is a major achievement for canoo electric vehicle

    Back in the month of July, the army had announced that Canoo was awarded a $67,500 contract for producing a new light to the heavy duty BEV or the series-hybrid electric vehicle for the Government analysis and demonstration as per the analytics.

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    Canoo electric vehicle comes from a company which had been founded in the year 2017 by a couple of former Faraday Future employees, has developed many EV concepts including a delivery van which can be used for many purposes and the electric truck. This is a company which is also working on the lifestyle vehicle which had chosen by NASA to transport the astronauts to launchpad as the part of Artemis mission to Moon.

    LTV is a modular vehicle which can be transformed into many configurations including the flatbed truck, cargo vehicle or mounted with ramps, racks, tents, storage boxes or the tactical system. Canoo has said that the LTV has been engineered for the extreme environments and includes stealth configurations using the carbon Kevlar for durability and strength. The electric vehicle development will be a huge step for both the company and the army.

    Drivetrain of the all-wheel drive vehicle has the ability to put out 600 horsepower with the air springs, a raised suspension along with the 32 inch all-terrain tires for building higher ground clearance which is suitable for the rugged and extreme conditions.

    Whether Canoo is going to now get green light for putting LTV into the production is a decision which is going to rest with the army now and will depend on how much the electric vehicle market share is going to be for this company.

  • Construction activities begin in Kalabarri to give electric vehicle chargers Australia a big boost.

    Construction activities have started on the longest Electric vehicle highway within the town of Kalbarri towards the north of town in Perth for hosting the new first charger on the EV network of Western Australia. The government of Western Australia made an announcement that the installation of the charging stations is underway at the Kalbarri as well as in the Northampton region with the construction is going to start next week at the Geraldton site. It is expected to cover over 6600 km across the mammoth stretches of the regions of Western Australia. The WA EV network is going to boast 98 chargers located across the various locations. It is going to extend from the Kununurra in the Northern region to the Esperance region in the south and east to the Eucla region and near South Australia on Nullabor. This will be a big boost to the electric vehicle chargers Australia and its further development.

    Effectively, this is going to reduce the electric vehicle cost in the world.

    The first among these sites is going to be operational early in 2023 with the construction on remaining locations happening through the year.

    The government says that is excited to see the construction start on the project which is being managed by the Synergy and Horizon power.

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    It is expected that there will not be over 200 kilometers between two chargers and that is going to help in the reduction of range anxiety which is going to allow the electric vehicle owners in exploring the state.

    The installation has been done by a regional company known as Hamersley Electrical contracting. It is a company that specializes on the renewable energy assets.

    electric vehicle conversion Australia is looking at now is due to the work which has steadily been done over the last few months.

  • BYD electric vehicle coming to Mexico

    BYD, the motor electric vehicle maker from China, is going to launch its cars in Mexico in the coming years. This is in light of the executives putting up a sales target of close to 30,000 vehicles in the year 2024.

    In the coming year, BYD is going to start selling fully electric versions of the Tang SUV alongside the Han Sedan. It is planned to be done through 8 dealers all across Mexico and was announced by the country head Zhou Zhou.

    The automotive industry association of Mexico has sold less than 5% of the cars. In the first few months, of the year these were hybrid and around 31,000 of 693,000 sold in its entirety.

    BYD in Mexico

    In September, the company set itself a pre-sales price for the Han and Tanga models at €72,000 in the electric vehicle Europe market. There are only a handful of Mexicans who make over $10,000 per year according to the statistics of the country. Zou from BYD further said that the company aimed to sell the cars through as many as 15 licensed dealers in the Mexican region by end of the 2023 and then hit 30 by the end of 2024.

    The environmental problems electric vehicles can solve are immense. And hence Mexicans will look at this as an opportunity to solve this problem through the sales of BYD electric vehicles.

    This announcement comes in the wake of Mexico’s planning to make electric vehicles more affordable for their users. Mexico, a major car manufacturer, will now be looking to cut sales taxes and import tariffs.

    Recently, the officials in Mexico are positive about turning half of the automotive production into electric by the end of the decade. Though, skepticism surrounds the claim as experts believe that only 15% can be achieved.

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  • Car Lobby in UK pushing for urgent action to develop electric vehicle infrastructure

    In an important development for the electric vehicles Europe, there has been a call from the car lobby in United Kingdom for taking urgent action for helping the industry transition into the electric vehicle production including the support for the high energy costs, investments and tax reforms particularly when it comes to the charging infrastructure.

    The electric vehicle Europe association has not commented so far, but the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have said that the UK auto industry is going to face multiple threats as it is going to shift away from the fossil-fuel technology including the economic instability, trade protectionism, cost of living crisis, skill shortage and soaring cost of the energy already close to 80% higher than the European average.

    UK Car Lobby - Electric vehicles

    The country’s car industry is also facing a challenge related to Brexit under the rules of origin agreed with the EU starting in the year 2024, a rising proportion of a particular vehicle would have to be made locally. Therefore, Britain is going to be under pressure to build the battery supply chain of Electric vehicles.

    The UK government efforts thus fac have been fostering less results as only one motor electric vehicle factory project has come up and that too has failed to gain any traction with the investors.

    The industry employs close to 170,000 people and they could be in trouble without enough plants to work on. This is going to come as the former Prime Minister of the country, Boris Johnson has been pushing for a UK ban on the new combustion engine models by the year 2030.

    SMMT said that it wanted the government plan to ensure the competitiveness, attract the investment and driving skills, innovation and the long-term growth.

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    The group said that this should include an extended support for the energy costs and help for the struggling businesses.

  • Details Of 11 Electric Vehicles From Hyundai Remain Murky

    Hyundai Ioniq 5 to hit the Indian markets soon

    Euisun Chung who is the executive vice chairman of Hyundai has recently kicked 2020 off by the announcement of an expansion in output of the electric vehicles as well as other advanced technologies. The Hyundai group which has come up with brands such as Genesis, Kia and Hyundai is going to invest over $87 billion for production of 23 EVs by the year 2025. The details of a possible 11 new electric vehicles have not been provided clearly.

    Hyundai EVs

    The announcement states that the group is going to grow as many as 23 electric battery electric vehicles as well as six plug-in hybrids in the coming five years. The first of the 11 of these new dedicated electric vehicles is expected to come out by the year 2021 though the recent statements which have been made by Hyundai have been contradicting each other.

    The announcement of a dedicated EV has dated back till 2017 at least. Reports from the previous two years have suggested that it is going to be badged as Genesis and given a target for competing with the Model 3 from Tesla.

    However in June, there had been reports that the company is starting production for a compact SUV which is all-electric to be used as a platform for Electric vehicles. This report had point at the prototype being unveiled in the middle of the year 2020 and the production in early months of 2021. 

    The release today about the event on the New Year has stated that the new system for Electric Vehicle architecture system is going to be introduced and also applied to the models which have been slated to be launched in the year 2024.