The green number plate on EVs has numbers in white font for private vehicles, and in yellow font for commercial vehicles and cabs.

Country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India, on Friday unveiled its first electric vehicle prototype and said  that it will commence a nation-wide fleet testing of EV prototypes.

Scaling up efforts to push eco-friendly transportation in the country, the government has decided to do away with permits for electric vehicles (EVs) and those that run on alternative fuels.

Vehicles using electricity or ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, methanol and biofuel need not apply for permits, said Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Under phase 2 of the FAME scheme, the government expects to see an eight-fold increase in the sale of EVs.

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Since October 2017, General Motors has launched three new EV cars -- the Buick Velite 6 EV, Baojun E200 and Cadillac CT6 Plug-In -- for China.

The current decision is in contrast with the Centre's earlier stance of avoiding the additional financial burden that the government would incur in incentivising buyers under the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme.

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The Centre is preparing a fresh policy for promoting EVs that will first look at creating favourable ecosystems in nine polluted cities with a population of over four million.

The maker of Reva, India's first electric car, Chetan Maini and Uday Khemka's SUN Mobility has joined hands with American tech giant Microsoft to build a smart network to effectively deploy its universal energy infrastructure.

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Petrol and diesel cars might get more expensive in the near future, if the finance ministry has its way.

Mahindra Electric, a sub-division of the Mahindra Group, has collaborated with Zoomcar, a self-drive car rental company headquartered in Bangalore, to offer 50 e2oPlus electric vehicles in Pune for self-driving as well as renting.

If the venture takes off, it will help the country build a strategic reserve of key minerals.

\"A higher range of 250 kms and above would mean battery cost of more than Rs 7,00,000, which would take the electric cars price completely inaccessible for majority of the Indian customers at the prevailing Li-ion battery prices,\" Tata Motors said.

SBI in process to shut 9 foreign offices as part of rationalisation: MDState Bank of India (SBI) has closed six foreign branches and is in the process of closing down another nine branches as part of rationalisation of overseas operations, said Managing Director Pravin K Gupta. SBI, country's largest lender, has operations in about 36 countries with nearly 190 branches. Not all the branches in the foreign locations are full-fledged offices, he said, adding that in countries like B...

Out of the first lot 500 electric vehicles in the first phase, Tata Motors was to supply 350 units of its e-Tigor and Mahindra & Mahindra got the order for 150 cars.

JLR told the UK investor fraternity last week that it will invest a minimum of $5.95 billion, or Rs 40,519 crore, annually over the next three years.