Category: Clean mobility in India

India showcases action on electric mobility at global meet

by Joydeep Gupta | Sep 14, 2018

Indian technocrats discussed various initiatives across the country to encourage the use of electric vehicles at the Global Climate Action Summit being held in San Francisco

Top Indian companies to drive electric vehicles

by Joydeep Gupta | Apr 27, 2018

A global movement to use electric vehicles has reached Indian shores, with a few big corporations pledging to switch their entire fleets to non-polluting vehicles by 2030

Volvo’s electric stance may clean up car act

by Soumya Sarkar | Jul 24, 2017

The mainstream automaker’s move towards electric cars has opened another battlefront to fight plant-warming emissions. It is expected to spur innovations and lower costs in fast growing markets like China and India

When governments dream of electric cars

by Prem Shankar Jha | May 31, 2017

A move to electric vehicles in India will be far from green, and ignores existing technologies which could be less disruptive and more useful

Electric mover shifts into higher gear

by Joydeep Gupta | Jan 16, 2017

Chetan Maini, the man who pioneered India’s first electric car Reva, is now going places with his passion of getting more and more people moving on electric transport

Solar-powered ferry to debut in sunlit Kerala

by Sapna Gopal | May 30, 2016

India’s first solar ferry is set to start operations in the backwaters of Alappuzha in Kerala, charting a new course in the maritime sector

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