Andhra Pradesh govt notifies five model e-mobility cities under EV policy 4.0Andhra Pradesh has launched its Sustainable Electric Mobility Policy 4.0. Five cities, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Nellore, and...
01 May, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
Iran war to supercharge Asia's move from fossil fuels to electronsThe U.S. and Israeli conflict with Iran is accelerating Asia's shift to electrification, particularly electric vehicles and battery storage...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.38 AM IST
The Long Drive: 14 decades of the automobile that changed how we travelFourteen decades, countless journeys and one invention that changed humanity. Atul Bandekar takes us on a ride through the story of the aut...
26 Apr, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
EV leasing platform Drivn signs pact with Energy In Motion for 1,000 EV trucksEV leasing platform Drivn has partnered with Energy In Motion (EIM) to deploy approximately 1,000 heavy-duty electric trucks across India w...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Delhi's EV charging infra registers 'record' expansion; total charging points over 10,000Delhi’s EV charging network has crossed 10,000 points after record expansion in the past year, with over 3,000 added recently. Power Minist...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
India's battery-swapping boom hinges on deliveries and rickshawsIndia's electric vehicle market is gaining momentum, particularly in two-and-three wheelers, driving the growth of battery swapping technol...
22 Apr, 2025, 08.07 AM IST
Tata Power DDL partners with Baaz Bikes to provide battery swapping serviceTata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL) partnered with Baaz Bikes to establish electric vehicle battery swapping stations in...
20 Dec, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Battery Swapping Policy: Why Indian startups do not want to standardise EV batteriesThe startups involved in battery swapping have accused that the proposed standards in the policy draft favour one particular industry playe...
10 Dec, 2023, 07.24 PM IST
Gogoro inks pact with HPCL to set-up battery swapping stations across IndiaBattery swapping company Gogoro has partnered with HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd) to build battery swapping stations for electr...
06 Nov, 2023, 01.01 PM IST
Battery swapping policy stalls as cos oppose standardisationFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had first mentioned a battery swapping scheme in her budget speech in February 2022 and a draft policy ...
04 Jul, 2023, 08.08 AM IST
Proposed battery swap subsidy unlikely to be linked to EV standardsIndia is unlikely to link the likely subsidy for battery swapping to adherence of standards, to be announced soon. Existing electric vehicl...
03 Dec, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
Battery-swapping: Industry wants inclusion of higher-range vehicles in policyIT industry body Nasscom, in its response to Niti Aayog’s Draft Battery Swapping Policy, has recommended that batteries with a higher range...
13 Jun, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
NITI Aayog releases draft battery swapping policyThe Aayog in its draft policy further said all major cities such as state capitals, UT headquarters and cities with population above 5 lakh...
21 Apr, 2022, 03.40 PM IST
NITI Aayog likely to roll out 'Battery Swapping Policy' by DecemberSinha also said that the Aayog is working on a proposal to prod railways to set up electric vehicle charging stations at railway stations i...
07 Apr, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
Budget 2022: EV firms cheer as FM announces battery swapping policyThe announcement of a battery swapping policy is also likely to boost the setting up of charging stations for electric vehicles through sub...
02 Feb, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Budget 2022: Battery swapping policy to provide big boost to electrical mobility deploymentUnder swapping format, every EV would require at least two batteries. One would be in a vehicle, while the other one kept fully charged at ...
01 Feb, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
Battery swapping policy will boost adoption of EVs, especially for public transport and goods mobilityBattery swapping allows consumers to replace their depleted batteries with fully-charged ones at dedicated stations. This reduces the effec...
01 Feb, 2022, 01.39 PM IST