EV Magazine May 2024 | Page 25

THE MONTH THAT WAS

THE MONTH THAT WAS

TESLA & VINFAST REV UP EV MANUFACTURING IN INDIA
India is the world ’ s third largest automotive market and the country with the third highest level of air pollution . Across the world , this kills 8.8m people each year . Electric vehicles have a lot to offer India and a new report suggests that Tesla is planning to ship its electric cars to India by the end of 2024 . This will be in a race against Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer , VinFast , who is also opening up factories in the country .
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XIAOMI ’ S ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEBUT , THE SU7 , IS UNVEILED IN CHINA
Xiaomi has launched its first electric vehicle , the SU7 , the standard model of which is priced at 215,900 yuan ( US $ 29,872 ). Yet electric divers have been warned that they may have to wait for up to half a year for their vehicle to be delivered due to pre-orders hitting almost 90,000 in 24 hours .
DENMARK ’ S MONTA & EGG TO ADVANCE EV CHARGING AND CLEAN ENERGY ADOPTION
EV charging platform provider Monta has entered into a partnership with Egg , a clean energy service provider . Monta is based in Denmark and recently released data showing the impact that its users have made in reducing their CO2 charging emissions , showing that Monta ’ s EV customers have saved more than 177 tonnes by driving electric .
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