As the researchers and battery manufacturers are searching for more sustainable replacement materials for lithium, one alternative - sodium offers similar properties and can be used for battery cell manufacturing.

After Chinese authorities cut down on magnesium production, auto manufacturers across the world are regretting dependence on Beijing for supplies as the price of the metal has spiked.

NITI Aayog, with RMI India’s support, launched Shoonya—an initiative to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and industry.

The jump from BS-IV to BS-VI created some challenges. When the BS-VI norms came into vogue in April 2020, the country was in a historic lockdown due to Covid pandemic. Anurag Garg takes a look at the journey thus far.

Jaguar Land Rover said that the chip shortage was dynamic and difficult to forecast and expected it to continue for a long time. It said that sales would be affected with deliveries in the second quarter being 50% worse.

As India is reeling under the COVID-19 second wave, the ever-increasing demand for medical oxygen across the country has forced the Centre to impose restriction on its industrial use.

Speaking virtually at the Amazon Smbhav Summit recently, Nitin Gadkari said that he is in the final stages of talks with auto manufacturers about the Indian government’s support for introducing flex-fuel engines.

While there has been huge pressure on automakers and even component suppliers to manufacture fuel efficient vehicles and additionally meet the new challenges of the changing regulations for ICE vehicles, industry is hoping for a support from the government. On one hand it is developing EV ecosystem and on the other the industry meeting new regulatory challenges that government is imposing based on the Paris Pact.

Coronavirus, which started in Wuhan (China), has resulted in shutting down of factories, impacting the global auto industry due to short supply of Chinese components.