Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions signed an MoU with the MahaMetro to provide last mile connectivity with e-rickshaws to commuters. As part of this, MoU Kinetic Green will be providing its electric 3 wheeler ‘Kinetic Safar’ which is ideally suited for last mile connectivity and urban commuting. ‘Kinetic Safar’ is India’s first ARAI-approved electric 3-wheeler. TheseContinue Reading
Ola Mobility Institute (OMI), a policy research and social innovation think-tank of Ola Cabs, has released a report on Tuesday, titled ‘Beyond Nagpur: The Promise of Electric Mobility’ , citing its recommendations based on its first multimodal electric mobility pilot project, which kick started in Nagpur in May 2017 inContinue Reading
Essel Infraprojects Ltd (EIL) will construct Maharashtra’s first Waste to Energy (WtE) plant with a capacity of 800 tonnes of waste. This will be EIL’s first in the state fter implementing similar WtEs in Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), Ranchi and Amritsar, and the Nagpur project is scheduled to be operational withinContinue Reading
Considering that around $8 million was spent on the project, it seems fairly likely that expectations were moderately high for the program. The problem, apparently, is that the drivers in question have become impatient with the long wait times at EV charging stations, and also the relatively high operating expensesContinue Reading
In an apparent environment-friendly initiative, the Nimtalla crematorium in Kolkata is giving people the option of using cow dung cakes instead of wood and electric cremations. Last month, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation approved the use of burning cow dung cakes at the crematorium. It claimed that cow dung cakes areContinue Reading
A consortium of Ola, Mahindra Electric, TVS, Kinetic Safar, Acme Group and some original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) has approached various state governments with innovative business models to electrically power taxis and auto rickshaws. The consortium has offered a plan for Kerala to retrofit registered three-wheelers with battery-operated systems at aContinue Reading
