Vinod Aggarwal, MD, VECV and Sofia Frandberg, Chairperson, VECV India is well-poised to grow manifold in the next decade and play a greater role in manufacturing operations for the Volvo Group globally, said a top executive at the Swedish maker of commercial vehicles, engines, and construction equipment. Sofia Frandberg, on her first visit to India…
Stakeholders collectively stressed the importance of promoting clean transport and transitioning from traditional petrol and LPG vehicles to electric autos for a sustainable future. New Delhi: Three out of five auto rickshaw operators in the Kolkata city are willing to shift to clean energy, if aided with appropriate vehicles and subsidy, besides quick disbursal of…
LGES, which supplies battery cells to major automakers including Tesla and General Motors, has asked JSW to share details of its requirements for EVs and energy storage, the first source said. By Aditi Shah and Neha Arora New Delhi: Indian steel-to-energy group JSW is in early stage talks with Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) about…
Below is a schedule for the Climate Forward event. Note that times are subject to change. 9 a.m. Eastern A Billion-Dollar War Against the Petrochemicals Industry Gina McCarthy, former national White House climate adviser and administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president and C.E.O. of the Hip Hop Caucus 9:30 a.m….
Today was the day for The New York Times’s annual Climate Forward live event in Manhattan. David Gelles, Somini Sengupta and other Times reporters talked with some of the climate sector’s most vital newsmakers to share ideas, work through problems and answer tough questions about the threats presented by a rapidly warming planet. As the…
Bill Gates, the multibillionaire founder of Microsoft, argued for a pragmatic, technology-driven approach to fighting climate change on Thursday. “If you try to do climate brute force, you will get people who say, ‘I like climate but I don’t want to bear that cost and reduce my standard of living,’” Mr. Gates said at the…
Fossil fuel interests are trying to co-opt the battle against climate change, Al Gore warned on Thursday, noting that the United Nations had appointed a top oil executive, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, to lead this year’s global climate talks. “That’s just, like, taking the disguise off,” Mr. Gore said at The…
If you’re among the rapidly shrinking group of people that still underestimate Chinese automakers, you probably need a reality check, and BYD’s newest launch is as good as any. China’s largest EV maker has officially unveiled the Yangwang U8 Premium Edition in China, following a preview earlier this year. Marketed under BYD’s high-end sub-brand Yangwang,…
Obviously, I brought this on myself, but looking at how gorgeously cuddlish the new Fiat 500e is, perhaps you should all thank me. Just a week before going on the launch of the all electric version of the classic Italian city car, I had written a piece for this august website asking why all EVs…
Nearly 500,000 people, many of them children, will keep Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after state officials discovered major errors in their procedures for reviewing eligibility for the programs, federal officials said on Thursday. After a pandemic-era policy that guaranteed Medicaid coverage lapsed in April, states began checking to see whether tens of…
