Gadkari's pitch comes weeks after billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla registered a company in India in a step towards entering the country, possibly as soon as mid-2021

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Tata Nexon EV is priced at Rs 14-16.4 lakh and comes with a 30.2 kwh battery pack, which gives it an ARAI certified range of 312 kilometres. It has, however, received flak from customers who claim to have got a much lower range of not more than 200 kilometres

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After Musk's endorsement, Bitcoin surged to its new record high of $53,263 at 9:55 am on Friday in New York. The cryprocurrency has risen 10 per cent just this week

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The contact was brief and the discussions did not advance to senior management level, the report added, citing people briefed on the matter

The announcements, buried deep in Tesla's 2020 annual report, drove a roughly 20% surge in the world's most widely held cryptocurrency to over $47,000

Hyundai is traditionally known for its reluctance to work with outsiders, making engines, transmissions and even its own steel in-house in a vertically integrated supply chain as South Korea's second-largest conglomerate

Jaguar I-PACE will be equipped with a 90 kWh lithium-ion battery which is capable of producing 294 kW and 696 Nm of peak torque

In a series of tweets, Gahlot explained that by switching to electric two-wheeler people can save up to Rs 22,000 per annum as compared to using a petrol-run scooter

2021 MG ZS EV has been priced at Rs 20.99 lakh (Delhi ex-showroom for the Excite variant of the car. The Exclusive trim is available for Rs 24.18 lakh (Delhi ex-showroom). The 2021 MG ZS EV is available in 31 cities across the country

Tata Motors stock climbed up to 6.07%  to Rs 341.85, a fresh 52-week high, against previous close of Rs 322.30 on BSE. Market cap of the firm rose to Rs 1.04 lakh crore

Presenting her third budget in Parliament, FM Sitharaman stated that under the voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, personal vehicles would undergo a fitness test after 20 years, whereas commercial vehicles would need to take it after completing 15 years

EV manufacturers are hoping that government will fasten its pace in creating a sufficient infrastructure for charging. Since the inception of the FAME-II policy in 2015, less than 1,000 charging stations exist in the country

The world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021

Hero MotoCorp becomes the first automobile company in the country to surpass 100 million cumulative sales

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This is the first statement about Tesla's plans for India that Musk has made since the company registered its office in Bengaluru. On January 8,  Tesla registered itself as a company named Tesla India Motors and Energy in Bengaluru

Expectations of a hefty COVID-19 relief package under the incoming Joe Biden administration and hopes of a rebound in corporate earnings this year have eclipsed concerns over signs that the labor market recovery has stalled amid rampant COVID-19 infections