2,325 BYD Electric Bus Chassis Ordered For Use In India
India’s Olectra has ordered over 2000 more electric bus chassis from BYD. They will all use BYD’s proven Blade battery technology.
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India-EU Hydrogen Partnership Flagship Project Collapsing Due to Ruinous Economics
The EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership included a plan to develop a waste-to-hydrogen facility in Pune, led by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and The Green Billions Limited (TGBL). The ₹450 crore ($54M) project was intended to process 3.8 million metric tons of waste using Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and … [continued]
VinFast Launches VF 3 Mini-SUV In Indonesia, As It Also Debuts In India
A week ago, VinFast debuted its VF 3 mini-SUV and announced a free charging initiative at the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2025. The VF 3 is available for order at a listed price of IDR 227,650,000 ($14,000) for the battery purchase option. An incentive program offers a cash reduction … [continued]
Honda Moving Ahead With Giant Ohio EV Hub, + New Electric Motorcycle Factory in India
Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress initiated the biggest reshoring initiative in US history. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) stimulated billions upon billions of dollars of battery production factories and other cleantech production facilities in the US. It also encouraged EV production in the US via stipulations on consumer EV … [continued]
News on Tesla’s New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 4 Million Cars…
One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to — dropping Tesla sales. He was concerned that we were no longer focused on covering cleantech (or “clean teck” as he put it). I … [continued]
Indian Railways Celebrating 100 Years of Electrification
Indian Railways continues to electrify its network, a process began precisely 100 years ago. In fact, it is nearly at 100% electrification. “As of 1 January 2025, 64,547 route kilometres (rkm) were electrified, which is 97.06% of the total broad gauge network (66,504 rkm, including Konkan Railway),” Wikipedia writes. Swapnil Nila, Central Public … [continued]
Volkswagen And VinFast Take Different Routes To The Electric Car Future In India
By some accounts, India surpassed China as the most populous country on Earth in April of 2023. Yet it does not have quite the intensely focused economic agenda of the Chinese government, which is why the shelves at Walmart are not laden with goods labeled “Made In India.” There are … [continued]
Oil Consumption Growth Trends in China, India, & USA — Is 2025 Forecast Accurate?
The US Energy Information Administration put out an interesting article today. The headline focused on growth of oil consumption in India compared to China — “India to surpass China as the top source of global oil consumption growth in 2024 and 2025.” I sat looking at the chart for several … [continued]
Tata Trying to Pull EVs Forward in India
In addition to some big renewable energy news, Tata Power, part of Tata Group, the largest business conglomerate in India, has been working to advance electrification of the transport sector in India. It’s provided one announcement on this topic this month and one last month. Clearly, renewable energy is still … [continued]
Big Tata Power Clean Energy Projects in Bhutan & India
India has been a major market for clean energy deployment — solar energy and wind energy deployment. It’s been much less successful stimulating the electric vehicle market. Tata Group is India’s largest business conglomerate. It’s enormous, selling various products and services in more than 160 countries. One of its companies … [continued]
