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Avan Motors Launches Trend E Scooter in India at Rs 56,900

The latest addition to the company’s Xero series of electric scooters, Trend E is powered by a lithium-ion battery and boasts a top speed...

India Needs a Clear Vision for Electric Cars: Volkswagen Official

Volkswagen has announced Rs 8,000 crore investment for development of products in India in the next five years.  India does not have a “clear vision”...

Amnesty Challenges EV Industry Leaders to Create Ethical Battery Within 5 Years

The organization says lithium-ion batteries, which power electric cars and electronics, violate human rights as well as harm environment Amnesty International is publicly challenging leaders...

EV Charging Infrastructure Proposed In 198 Ward Offices Of Bengaluru

The Town Planning Department has recommended that 20 per cent of the parking slots to be unassigned  Recently the Town Planning Department of Bruhat Bengaluru...

Hyundai, Kia To Build India-Specific Electric Cars

Hyundai has not specified a timeline for the launch of its electric car for Ola. Hyundai and Kia have announced a big investment in Ola and a part...

Tesla Wants To Enter India By 2019-2020

Elon Musk is not giving up on the potentially huge but largely undeveloped electric vehicle (EV) market in India, saying that he ‘would love’...

Inter-Ministerial Panel Set Up For Electric Mobility Projects

To encourage advanced technologies, the benefits of incentives will be extended to only those vehicles which are fitted with Lithium-ion or other advanced technology...

Panasonic India Sets Up E-Charging Station In Delhi

Panasonic aims to strengthen the partnership with one of the progressive electric distribution companies and scale it up in the future. Consumer electronics major Panasonic India, Monday said that it...

‘Electric Vehicles Could Cost 3 Million Auto Industry Jobs in Next 5 Years’

Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas estimates the labour force reduction would cost automakers "collectively and over time upwards of" $60 billion With auto companies shifting...

Fortum India Aims to Install 700 Electric Vehicle Charging Points by 2020

After Hyderabad and Mumbai, the company is looking to expand its network in cities like Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Pune. Fortum, one of the...

Japanese Electronics Company Murata Invests in Versa Drives

Versa Drives says it will use this investment to develop a line of innovative motor drives that targets the electric appliance and electric vehicle...

Government’s Push For Electric Cars Set To Increase Import Of Chinese Auto Parts

The practically non-existent hardware manufacturing base in India is forcing OEMs and Tier-I suppliers to import more from China. India, the world’s third-largest automobile market,...

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ASMl Holdings

ASML and TSMC Partner to Advance Next-Generation Semiconductor Mask Tech

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The chipmaking giants target a shift to larger 12-inch photomasks to boost manufacturing productivity and lower advanced node costs.  ASML and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Ultraviolette to Build Major EV Factory in Tamil Nadu

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The Indian electric vehicle manufacturer plans to produce up to 500,000 units annually at its new automated facility in Hosur.  Electric vehicle pioneer Ultraviolette Automotive...
Drone

Karnataka to Build $5.1m Drone Testing Hub

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The state government targets advanced aerial mobility expansion with a dedicated testing facility in Chikkaballapura.  Karnataka is set to bolster its aerial mobility ecosystem by...
Telecommunications sector

US Backs Africell with $100m Loan to Counter Huawei in Africa

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The Trump administration finances the US-owned telecoms operator to expand trusted mobile network technology across the continent.  The US government is set to provide a...
CXMT

China’s CXMT Takes Top Spot with 82 per cent Profit Margin

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The DRAM manufacturer’s record profitability eclipses Samsung and SK Hynix as conventional memory prices surge.   China’s leading DRAM manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has achieved...

Learn From Leaders

India’s Photonics Puzzle Is Finally Coming Together 

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Can India turn its scattered photonics capabilities into a stronger industry? A new association aims to connect the ecosystem and strengthen the domestic value...
Jin Bains, CEO, Mini-Circuits

Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains on Navigating High-Frequency Component SWaP-C Constraints, Emerging Markets, and Career...

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In this exclusive, Jin Bains, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mini-Circuits, explains in a conversation with Dilin Anand of EFY about areas of emerging...

India Needs Not a Hundred, But Thousands of Chip Diversified Companies 

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Can India build a semiconductor ecosystem beyond fabs? Indiesemic believes thousands of diversified chip companies are needed to make that possible. India’s semiconductor push is...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...
(L-R) Nikesh Gondchawar, Strategic & Technical Advisor – Robotics Manufacturing; Shrikrushna Kakade, Founder Partner; Nikhil Kakade, Senior Technical Advisor – Robotics & Control Systems, SlightGen Solutions LLP

“A Made-In-India Robotic PCB Soldering System That Automates The Through-Hole Soldering Process!” – Shrikrushna...

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Electronics manufacturing is complex, and automation often comes at a high cost. To bridge this gap and offer a more affordable solution in India,...

Startups

Manivannan Subramaniam, Director R&D, CIYES Systems

“We Want to Build Globally Competitive Deep-Tech Products from India” –  Manivannan Subramaniam, CIYES...

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Can India build globally competitive deep-tech products? Manivannan Subramaniam of CIYES Systems believes it can. In this interview with EFY's Nitisha Dubey, he discusses...

Raptee.HV, Rajalakshmi Engineering College Launch EV Centre of Excellence

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The facility is among the first initiatives under Raptee.HV Academy Raptee.HV has launched a Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility at Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC),...

Agnikul Cosmos Opens New Facilities to Advance Reusable Rocket Development

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STIF has been designed and fabricated in-house to test complete reusable rocket stages under flight-like conditions Indian space-tech company Agnikul Cosmos has inaugurated two new...

Zenergize Technologies Raises $4 Million Pre-Series A to Scale SiC Power Electronics

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The fundraise comes after a year of rapid product development and commercialisation Zenergize Technologies, an R&D-driven deep-tech company developing indigenous Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based power electronics,...
Gadhadar Reddy, Co-Founder and CEO, NoPo Nanotechnologies

Nopo Nanotechnologies’ Carbon Nanotubes Turn ‘Not Possible’ To ‘Now Possible’

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Can single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) significantly improve EV batteries? This startup says it has turned what was once considered ‘not possible’ into ‘now possible.’ An...