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EV demand charges ahead but supply runs lowIndia's electric car and two-wheeler demand has nearly doubled. High fuel prices are driving consumers to switch. This surge has created a ...
From setbacks to second wind, what next for Ola and Bhavish Aggarwal?Ola Electric is struggling to revive its position after a sharp fall in market share, financial stress and operational challenges. Founder ...
How EVs are leading the way for safer two-wheelers in IndiaTraditionally, cars have led the way to road safety with standard features like airbags, Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) and Advanced Drive...
Electric scooter maker Bounce fires 4% of its workforceThis is a new round of layoffs at the company after its shared mobility business took a hit soon after the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, leadi...
Ather Energy raises $50 million in funding as it ramps up electric scooter productionThe company has been valued at $700-800 million after the round, sources aware of the development said.
EVs going mainstream, fire incidents help industry mature: Ather Energy CEOThe Hero MotoCorp-backed company expects that by the end of this decade up to 30 million electric two-wheelers would be sold in India and A...
EVs going mainstream, fire incidents help industry mature: Ather Energy CEOIn April this year cases of electric two-wheelers of manufacturers -- such as Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech and PureEV -- catching fire we...
Bumping up EV battery betting on subsidy a bad call: Ather CEOThe bigger battery will increase the certified range of the scooter to 146 kilometres (km) with a real-life range of 105 km, up from 85 km ...
E-scooter maker Ather says high costs pushing back profit timelineAther has witnessed an addition of "several hundreds of dollars" in material costs due to firmer commodity prices, some of which have been ...
Ather Energy sees five times jump in revenues for FY22Ather sold 23,408 units of electric scooters in FY22, a 4.2 times jump from 5,523 units sold in FY 21, according to the company’s financial...
Ather says fire incident a rare occurrence, to increase pre-checks for accident casesAn Ather scooter catching is the latest in a spate of incidents where electric scooters have caught fire since March.
Fire breaks out at Ather Energy Chennai premises, cause under investigationThe company said it is investigating the cause of the incident but could not confirm if the battery in any of the vehicles was not to blame.
Ather bags $128M amid EV gloom; SoftBank to slash investments, says Masayoshi SonElectric scooter maker Ather Energy said it has raised $128 million in funding even as its rivals struggle to contain the fallout from a sp...
Ather Energy raises $128 million led by Indian government’s sovereign fund, Hero MotoCorpTarun Mehta, cofounder and CEO of Ather Energy, said that the funding will be used to expand its manufacturing facilities, invest in resear...
E-scooter fires in India trigger safety concerns, in setback for Modi pushIndia wants electric scooters and motorbikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today, and the Modi governmen...
Higher safety standard must for electric two-wheelers: Ather EnergyThis came following fire accidents involving e-scooters which has sparked alarm among users. The company said that the "stringent" AIS 156 ...
Higher standards, more road testing of imported cells must for EV safety: AtherThe Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari had told Lok Sabha on Thursday that action would be taken after receiving the forens...
As fire spreads, EV makers rush to douse flamesMultiple EV industry executives that ET spoke with underscored the need to find the cause and address it. They also advocated intensive con...
As EVs catch fire, Cos plan to cool batteries downEven in the absence of a cooling solution, industry experts said a high degree of safety redundancy can be built into battery design throug...
As EVs catch fire, makers look for ways to cool batteries downWhile Ola Electric is investigating the issue and is yet to find the root cause of the problem, other EV companies plan to work closely wit...