Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) organised a virtual 13th Lecture, part of SIAM’s ‘Walk the Talk’ campaign, on ‘Electric Vehicles in India: On-Road Safety, Operations & Maintenance’.

Vianode will supply anode materials to Morrow Batteries' planned lithium-ion battery cell facility in Eyde Energy Park, Arendal, Norway, as per an MoU. Vianode battery graphite plant is at Herøya.

Saietta Group specialises in axial flux technology (AFT) while Padmini VNA is a tier-1 supplier of emission technologies. The partnership aims to localise AFT Motors to cater to the Indian EV market.

A short fall is noticed in the April 2021 sales performance of the company after it showed overall recovery way better than March 2020. The company had sold 64,621 units in March 2021 compared to 32,279 in March 2020, marking 100 per cent growth.

Chinese car companies are building electric car factories at a great speed compared to the rest of the world. LMC Automotive predicts, by 2028, China will be making over 8 million electric cars a year.

This lecture part of SIAM’s ‘Walk the Talk’ campaign, highlighting the importance of design, development, testing and homologation aspects of hybrid and electric vehicles.

In this interview with Rakesh Rao, Vikram Handa, Managing Director, Epsilon Carbon, highlights on the potential of lithium-ion battery market and growth opportunities for the company.

After the last five years of steady growth in the electric vehicle market, namely in the two, three, and four-wheeler segments, the industry is seeing a decline in sales in the fiscal year 2020-2021.

Timely intervention by the government in a form of policy change is required to fuel the growth, believes Gill.