https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/india-beats-china-in-the-total-number-of-electric-vehicles-only-because-of-this-one-segment-355515.html India Beats China In The Total Number Of Electric Vehicles, Only Because Of This One Segment October 26, 2018 Sarthak Dogra
[image https://im.indiatimes.in/content/2018/Oct/india_is_gradually_but_surely_headed_towards_an_electricvehicle_revolution_with_a_long_list_of_prom_1540549895.jpg Comyan ] India is gradually but surely headed towards an electric-vehicle revolution with a long list of promised electric cars, public transport additions and even infrastructure facilities. There is, however, one niche in which India has already surpassed every other country in the world. That is the use of e-rickshaws. And this is, by a huge margin. As per a recent report by A.T. Kearney, around 11,000 new e-rickshaws hit the Indian roads every month. Counting to a total of 1.5 million e-rickshaws in the country to date, that already puts India’s e-rickshaw tally to more than the entire fleet of electric vehicles sold in China since 2011. While we are well versed with the pros of having an electric fleet, there are some specific to e-rickshaws. The battery powered three wheelers are easier for the operator and cut down on the efforts, are faster, quieter, require less maintenance and leave next-to-zero carbon footprint (which was anyway similar for hand rickshaws). There are monetary benefits as well. Being faster and less strenuous, e-rickshaws enable more number of rides to the operator. This naturally corresponds to a higher income. India is gradually but surely headed towards an electric-vehicle revolution with a long list of prom [© indiatimes.com] https://mashable.com/article/electric-vehicle-sales-europe-uk-usa/#8AF8apqY5kq6 Europe is way ahead of U.S. when it comes to electric vehicles Aug 27, 2018 Europe hits 1 million electric vehicles before the U.S. European sales for electric vehicles keep going up and up. As The Guardian reported this weekend, all of those sales helped Europe hit an important milestone: it now has 1 million electric vehicles — ahead of the U.S., which has about 750,000 battery-powered cars. China hit 1 million EVs last year ... https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/0UjuRb5P-2dzUUR5vTMNnnoa9Qs=/950x534/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F835164%2Fc0fb2405-789f-4f5f-9ca7-1c66935875c5.jpg + https://www.forbes.com/sites/suparnadutt/2018/10/15/from-ikea-to-swiggy-how-this-indian-startup-is-driving-electric-vehicle-adoption-in-india/ From IKEA To Swiggy, How This Indian Startup Is Driving Electric Vehicle Adoption In India 2018/10/15 “While large automobile companies are focusing on electric cars and bikes, we saw a huge opportunity in ... To help end the ... https://wales247.co.uk/welsh-rugby-fans-generate-enough-energy-to-power-electric-car-100km/ Welsh rugby fans generate enough energy to power electric car 100km Nov 2, 2018 ... 74,500 stadium fans watching the gruelling 80-minute match, will generate the energy equivalent of powering an electric car for 100km ... or 6,500 cups of tea ... or cook a Sunday roast ... power an electric car from Cardiff to Carmarthen ... https://wales247.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MH_200915_Wales_Uruguay_15-1130x580.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
