Electric Vehicles Latest News Updates November 2018

Electric Vehicles Latest News Updates November

• Mahindra Launches Treo Auto with a price tag of 2.2 Lakhs.
• Bolivian ambassador Sergio Dario Arispe Barrientos Meet with Union Minister Gadkari.
• You can Charge an Electric Vehicle with 6 rupees in Telangana.
• Volkswagen to Ban conventional internal-combustion engines before 2040.

India’s First Lithium-Ion Battery Tech Electric Auto Launched with a Price tag of 2.2 Lakhs

Mahindra is the first Indian EV manufacturer to launch multiple Electric vehicles like E2O Plus, eVerito, eSupro, eAlfa Mini, and now an all-electric Auto named Treo adds to Mahindra electric Garage. The price also affordable to buy just like the Fuel run autos in the market. 2.2 lakhs with financing is a great initiation.

Mahindra electric Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dutch start-up Three Wheels United (TWU) for providing financial services for all the 2000 electric autos. Financing is one of the major challenges of Electric Vehicles market today, Mahindra cleverly manages it.

Mahindra Treo Electric Auto Specs

• Charge time of 3 hours 30 minutes
• Maximum Range – 130 km
• Top speed- 45 km/h
• 48V Li-ion battery
• 24 MONTHS OR 50,000 KMS Warranty.

Bolivian Ambassador Sergio Dario Arispe Barrientos Meet with Union Minister Gadkari

Bolivia is the country where 25% of the world Lithium reserves located. Lithium-ion batteries are using in almost  70 % of electric vehicles production. The Bolivian ambassador Sergio Dario Arispe Barrientos now started exploring the opportunities to generate revenue for his country in terms of selling Lithium reserves.

Recently, he met Union Minister Gadkari for an agreement to export lithium reserves to India as India is planning to start developing its own lithium-ion battery tech rather than exporting from neighboring countries.

You can Charge an Electric Vehicle with 6 Rupees in Telangana

Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission has fixed the tariff prices for charging stations at ₹6 per unit. It is the standard tariff charge for low tension and high tension supply. No time-of-day charges will be applicable for low tension supply, but the time-of-day charges applicable for high tension charging stations.

Volkswagen to Ban Conventional Internal-combustion engines before 2040.

Volkswagen announced that the company has enough batteries to power 50 million new electric vehicles (EVs) from 2020. The company plans to invest almost $78 billion to build 15 million electric vehicles by 2025. By 2025, Volkswagen plans to produce around 50 different battery-electric models. Their goal is to hit two million annual EV sales by 2020 and a complete ban on the conventional internal-combustion engines before 2040