With Tesla facing some difficulty due to the geopolitical situation concerned US and its owner, Elon Musk as the man close to US President Donald Trump, it is China’s BYD that has announced lowering of prices of its electric performance passenger vehicles. According to a report in Yahoo News, buyers of BYD electric vehicles will have to spend no more than US$ 10,000 to acquire one for themselves. Not only undercutting domestic competitors BYD seems to be gearing up to undercut its global competitors like Tesla as well. 
Besides announcing that its EVs will start at US$13,688 and feature ‘God’s Eye’ advanced driver assistance system as standard, BYD has also announced a revolutionary charging technology that works nearly as fast as a fill up. The ultra-fast EV charging system includes flash-chargers that can provide a full charge for its latest EVs within five to eight minutes. The time taken is similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank of an ICE vehicle.
Planning to build more than 4,000 new charging stations across China, the electric vehicle maker has been refining its battery and energy storage technology over time. Expanding its auto empire outside China, the company is known to claim that its one-megawatt flash chargers will provide power for up to 400 km in five minutes.
BYD founder Wang Chuanfu is known to have said in a recent statement that ultra-high voltage and a large current are required to maximise charging speeds. To completely solve users' anxiety over charging, our pursuit is to make the charging time for EVs as short as the refueling time for fuel vehicles, he elaborated. 
Its flash-charging system relies on silicon carbide power chips with voltage levels of up to 1,500-volt. Developed in house, the system works to ultra-fast charge the Blade lithium-ion phosphate batteries found in BYD vehicles. The Blade battery technology of the Chinese company is considered to the world's safest and most efficient. Even Tesla is said to have taken to use blade batteries in some of its EVs, acknowledging its benefits over other battery technologies, sources in the EV industry claim. 
BYD reported a sale of over 4.3 million new energy vehicles last year, up 41 percent when compared to the sale of 1.8 million battery electric vehicles and 2.5 million plug-in hybrids in the corresponding period the year prior. 
In India, BYD unveiled the Sealion range of performance electric cars in January 2025 at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025. It has been steadily expanding its reach in the country’s growing EV market, which is dominated in the passenger vehicle space by players like Tata Motors, JSW MG Motors and Hyundai Motor India among a few others. 
 

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Hyundai Motor India, one of the leading passenger vehicle manufacturers, has announced a long-term strategic commitment to designate the state of Tamil Nadu as its designated ‘Flagship EV Hub for India’. The announcement includes an exclusive skill development partnership alongside manufacturing and supply chain localisation goals.

As part of this roadmap, Hyundai Motor India has reaffirmed its plan to deploy an investment of over INR 260 billion in Tamil Nadu between 2023 and 2032. This allocation is a component of the company's broader, previously declared INR 450 billion investment blueprint for the Indian market. To date, the Chennai facility has exported more than 3.9 million vehicles to over 150 countries.

The manufacturing hub will scale zero-emission capabilities via immediate product rollouts and component localisation:

• Product Rollout: Hyundai Motor India plans to introduce two new vehicle models from its Chennai facility within the year. This includes the launch of its first mass-market dedicated electric vehicle (EV) to accelerate local adoption.
• Industrial Localisation: The company has established Tamil Nadu’s first battery sub-assembly plant for EV powertrains. Hyundai Motor India is currently expanding local sourcing for power electronics and related primary components to minimise import dependency.
• Charging Network: Hyundai has deployed a direct-current (DC) fast EV charging ecosystem across the state consisting of 39 stations and 78 charging points. The high-capacity network is scheduled for further expansion across major urban centres and transit highways over the next 2 to 3 years.

The company has also aims to increase its localisation rate from the present 82 percent to 90 percent in the next 5-6 years. An additional INR 40 billion in state sourcing value from the current base, which is expected to generate an additional 2,000 jobs in the state.

Hyundai Motor India and the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) have formalised a structured skill development project scheduled to commence active training operations in December 2027. The program aims to increase the global employability of the state's workforce by integrating next-generation manufacturing skills.

The curriculum will leverage partnerships with local Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), polytechnics and engineering colleges to train students in advanced disciplines:

• EV technical architectures and hydrogen mobility systems.
• Industrial robotics, digital automation and AI-enabled manufacturing.
• Smart factory workflows alongside professional workplace communication and language instruction.

Tarun Garg, Managing Director & CEO, Hyundai Motor India, said, “HMIL’s initiatives will strengthen Tamil Nadu’s leadership in sustainable mobility and automotive excellence, while also accelerating skill development to foster a future-ready workforce. We will roll out two new models from the Chennai facility, including our first mass-market dedicated EV within this year, marking a significant step towards accelerating EV adoption and building a strong EV ecosystem. Alongside, advancing EV localization, we are equally focused on developing a future-ready skilled workforce, enabling talent to support future automotive technologies."

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Maruti Suzuki India, one of the largest passenger vehicle manufacturers globally, has officially launched India’s first flex-fuel passenger car on the eve of World Environment Day.

The technology is being introduced in the Maruti Suzuki Wagon R, a high-volume model that has previously served as a platform for the company's alternative fuel options, including Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

The vehicle was unveiled in New Delhi in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

The flex-fuel Wagon R is engineered to provide complete fuelling flexibility, enabling consumers to operate the vehicle on any ethanol-to-petrol blend ratio ranging from E20 (20 percent ethanol) up to E100 (100 percent ethanol).

The introduction of ethanol flex-fuel tech represents a broader commitment by India's market leader to scale diversified powertrain architectures. Maruti Suzuki's long-term product strategy incorporates a multi-tiered technology approach to meet carbon reduction goals, including Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), Hybrids, CNG, Compressed Biogas (CBG) and now, flex-fuel configurations.

Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India, said, “The ecosystem for ethanol as a fuel in India is in its early stages, and as a market leader, we think it is our responsibility to contribute to make `India Go Flex’. Once it reaches mainstream adoption, Flex-Fuel Vehicles have the potential to cut oil imports, carbon emissions, and local air pollution while enhancing domestic value addition and farmer incomes.”

Nitin Gadkari noted, “Biofuels like ethanol are an important pathway towards reducing crude oil import dependence while strengthening our rural economy. Flex-Fuel Vehicles can create a strong and sustainable demand for ethanol, benefiting our farmers, industry, and the environment together. I appreciate Maruti Suzuki for taking this leadership step and supporting the Government’s vision of clean and self-reliant mobility.”

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Blue Energy Motors (BEM), a prominent manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty trucks, has attained a new milestone of crossing 100 million cumulative fleet green kilometres across India. The achievement highlights a growing shift within the country’s commercial logistics and freight transportation sectors toward lower-emission mobility alternatives.

The active fleet consists of more than 1,400 BEM heavy-duty trucks deployed across major nationwide freight routes. To date, this green trucking initiative has mitigated over 30,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, an environmental impact equivalent to the carbon absorption capacity of nearly 1.2 million trees.

To accelerate the transition away from traditional diesel reliance, Blue Energy Motors has established an integrated clean trucking ecosystem that combines alternative-fuel hardware with proprietary service models such as heavy-duty LNG trucks with up to 2,400km range on single fuel. For its electric truck line, Blue Energy Motors has deployed corridor-led charging networks and battery-swapping stations designed to eliminate range anxiety and charging-induced fleet downtime.

The proprietary swapping infrastructure allows a depleted truck battery to be mechanically replaced in under five minutes, optimising vehicle productivity for high-mileage commercial operations.

Blue Energy Motors utilises a structured EaaS business model to assist fleet operators by lowering upfront capital expenditure (CapEx) investments while enhancing day-to-day operating efficiencies and total fleet utilisation.

Anirudh Bhuwalka, Founder and Managing Director, Blue Energy Motors, said, “Crossing 100 million kilometres is a strong validation of where the future of freight mobility is headed. A few years ago, green-fuel trucking was still seen as an emerging idea. Today, fleet operators are actively looking at cleaner solutions that make sense not only from a sustainability perspective, but also operationally and commercially.”

“The recent volatility in global energy markets has highlighted a reality that freight operators can no longer ignore. Businesses that remain entirely dependent on diesel are becoming increasingly exposed to fuel-price shocks and supply uncertainties. Energy security, operating economics, and sustainability are no longer separate conversations. They are converging into a single business decision. We believe the next five years will witness one of the fastest transformations in the history of India’s trucking industry,” added Bhuwalka.

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Ahmedabad-based Samarth E-Mobility, a technology company, has announced the launch of its new electric mobility brand – Avore Electric. Debuting with the tagline ‘Intelligence Beyond Motion,’ the company said its product development philosophy focuses on engineering critical technology systems entirely in-house rather than assembling hardware from third-party suppliers.

Over a three-year development cycle, a team of more than 100 engineers at Samarth E-Mobility's dedicated R&D facility in Ahmedabad has developed over nine critical vehicle subsystems. This vertically integrated development framework is built on AVORE Source, the company's proprietary technology stack and the purpose-built AVR platform two-wheeler architecture.

The company's proprietary engineering portfolio includes a patented Battery Management System (BMS) and custom battery pack; the electric motor, motor controller and power control module. A DC-DC converter and an onboard fast charger. The digital display system and a proprietary vehicle operating system.

By controlling both hardware and software layers, the architecture enables over-the-air (OTA) software updates for continuous product improvements, faster system diagnostics and optimised performance. To protect its baseline engineering innovations, Samarth E-Mobility has filed more than 110 intellectual property applications to date.

Avore Electric’s upcoming range of electric motorcycles will target the 125cc–200cc segment, which represents one of the largest commuter and lifestyle demographics in the Indian two-wheeler market. The vehicles are being specifically engineered to withstand real-world Indian riding and environmental conditions, offering a practical, electric alternative for mainstream riders.

The brand's initial market-entry strategy will focus on component-level transparency, consumer education and product-led storytelling. While specific vehicle performance metrics and launch timelines have not yet been disclosed, product reveals and campaign rollouts are scheduled for the coming months.

Priyank Rakholiya, Co-Founder, Samarth E-Mobility, said, “For three years, we asked ourselves a simple question, why does India's most widely used personal vehicle incorporate so little intelligence. We realised the answer wasn't a missing feature, it was a missing commitment. True intelligence cannot be assembled from off-the-shelf components; it must be engineered from the ground up. That's why we built every critical system in-house. Engineering excellence in intelligence is not a claim for us; it's a methodology that shapes every decision we make.”

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