India
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Kia will spend $1 billion on a new assembly plant in southern India to build an electric car for that market by late 2019. The move comes just over a decade before India intends to ban the sale of fossil-fuel vehicles. Just what form an Indian-market electric Kia will take remains unknown, especially since the automaker doesn't currently sell cars there. The Times of India reported Tuesday that the 23 million square-foot assembly plant will also build a small hatchback. Other Kia models sold in India will be imported. Additionally, Autocar India reported Tuesday that Kia plans to have five...
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India plan for converting to electric cars by 2030 may get trimmed, a lot
Two years ago, the government of India proposed a remarkable and ambitious goal: make every new vehicle coming onto its roads electric by 2030. The plan was largely a response to some of the world's highest levels of hazardous air pollution in its cities, higher in many cases than the legendary...
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Partnerships, incentives to get India to 2030 fossil-fuel vehicle ban
After announcing it would ban the sale of fossil-fuel vehicles by 2030, the world's second-most populous country plans to support that goal through private and corporate partnerships and government incentives. India's decision to end fossil-fuel sales in the country comes with unique challenges...
Mark Stevenson -
Toyota to sell electric cars in China, use Suzuki EVs in India, from 2020: report
Toyota made its future battery-electric car project public this past April after an "agonizing" decision to depart from its sole focus on a future powered by hydrogen fuel cells as its sole zero-emission vehicle technology. Mostly, that shift is due to China and India—two major auto markets...
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Electric cars about to be profitable, says India's Mahindra
The market for electric cars continues to grow, but vehicles powered by fossil fuels remain dominant across the globe. Many analysts believe electric cars will reach price parity with vehicles powered by internal-combustion engines sometime within the next decade. Indian maker Mahindra, however...
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India actually beat China to all-electric new-car pledge, targets 2030
China made headlines around the world on Sunday when state media reported that the country is developing a timetable to end production and sales of new vehicles with gasoline engines. While Norway, The Netherlands, France, and the U.K. have adopted different timetables for various versions of such...
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Crossovers are so popular right now that several automakers are even trying to pass off conventional hatchbacks as high-riding utility vehicles. The latest example of this trend is the Honda WR-V, a new pseudo-crossover for the Indian market. Despite the extra plastic body cladding and slightly-different front and rear fascias, the WR-V looks very similar to the Honda Jazz subcompact hatchback it's based on. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevy Spark Activ: fake crossover jacks up minicar into SUV wannabe (Nov 2016) The Jazz is sold in the U.S. as the Honda Fit and lends its platform to the HR-V crossover...
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India's new four-door Mahindra Reva e2o electric car to be exported
Mahindra is launching a four-door version of its Reva e2o electric car.
Stephen Edelstein -
India, EU ratify Paris climate agreement: takes effect next month
India and the European Union pushed the Paris climate agreement past the tipping point for ratification.
Stephen Edelstein -
Indian capital to cancel registrations of diesel cars 10 years or older, immediately
An Indian court has ordered older diesel cars off New Delhi's roads.
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Which countries have plans for all new cars to be electric, and when?
Several countries have proposed ending sales of new gasoline and diesel cars.
Stephen Edelstein -
Gasoline demand rises in U.S., China, and India; more growth expected
Gasoline prices, which fell below $2 a gallon in many parts of the United States over the winter, have been slowly rising again. And given the supply-and-demand equations in the global oil industry, that means that demand has risen as supplies have stayed steady or fallen. So even though Saudi...
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India's Power Minister wants the country to convert its entire fleet to electric cars by 2030.
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Very cheap, low-range electric cars key for China, India: Nissan CEO Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, who runs automakers Nissan and Renault, is one of the few auto executives who'll regularly take questions from a roomful of more than 100 journalists. At last week's New York Auto Show, many of the questions concerned plans by the Renault Nissan Alliance for more and higher-volume...
John Voelcker -
Is This Tata The Smallest Roadworthy Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle In The World?
The Ziva is a hydrogen fuel-cell version of the Tata Magic Iris small commercial van.
Stephen Edelstein -
First China, Now India, Commit To Reducing Carbon Emission Rates
India announced a plan to reduce the rate of greenhouse-gas emissions ahead of Paris climate-change talks.
Stephen Edelstein -
Ford EcoSport Small SUV To Arrive In U.S. For 2017 From India?
The Ford EcoSport may be offered in the U.S. after an upcoming facelift.
Stephen Edelstein -
China's Air Pollution Is Bad, But India's Is Far, Far Worse
Air pollution in New Delhi routinely exceeds levels in Beijing.
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India plans to offer incentives for a wide range of electric vehicles.
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Tata Nano Twist: World Cheapest Car Tries To Get Hip, Move Upscale
How do you make the world's cheapest new car more appealing? Make it more expensive. Sounds crazy, but that's the strategy Indian automaker Tata is using with its new Nano Twist. And there's a very good reason for that. The Nano entered India's market to much fanfare. It was billed as the "one lakh...
Antony Ingram -
Hybrids More Efficient Outside U.S. Due To Different Drive Patterns: Report
Ever since the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius arrived on U.S. shores, hybrid vehicles have been among the most efficient vehicles on the road. The latest Toyota Prius is rated at 50 mpg combined by the EPA, a figure that only plug-in vehicles currently top. But in other countries, the Prius...
Antony Ingram -
India Sets Fuel-Economy Rules; Could They Stem Rise Of SUVs?
India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency has proposed increasing fleet-average fuel economy 14 percent in 2016.
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Mahindra Reva Halo: Indian Electric Sports Car Debuts In Delhi
Perhaps understandably, most automakers producing electric vehicles have concentrated on fairly humble, practical vehicles--compact hatchbacks, sedans, city cars. Those wanting something a little more exciting have been left in the cold, though--unless they're prepared to pay more for Tesla's...
Antony Ingram -
Tiny SUVs Shown By Chevy, VW, Honda At India Auto Expo
Automakers unveiled several small SUV concepts at the 2014 India Auto Expo.
Stephen Edelstein