Thane: The battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded while being charged inside a flat in Diva area near Thane on Monday, triggering a fire, civic officials said. While the explosion caused extensive damage to the house, nobody was injured in the incident that occurred after 4 pm in a room on the third floor of Siddhant Regency Building No 1. The fire rapidly spread through the living room, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). BJP-Co...

New Delhi: Customs duty exemption on goods used to produce lithium batteries would enable creation of a robust electric vehicle infrastructure in the country, automobile industry body SIAM said on Sunday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while delivering Budget speech, proposed to extend the basic customs duty exemption given to capital goods used for manufacturing lithium-ion cells for batteries, to those used for manufacturing lithium-ion cells for battery energy storage systems too. ̶...

Synopsis Ola Electric’s Roadster X+ has officially received government certification, symbolising a groundbreaking achievement as India’s first electric motorcycle equipped with an exclusive 4680 Bharat Cell battery pack that’s developed in-house. Excitingly, deliveries for the Roadster X+ are set to kick off shortly. PTI New Delhi: Ola Electric on Tuesday said its flagship electric motorcycle, the Roadster X+, powered by its indigenously developed 4680 Bharat Cell battery pack...