Electricity Shortages

Less than a month after he accused the Congress government of creating an artificial power shortage in Karnataka, a case has been filed against Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy for lighting up his house on Diwali using stolen power.

Lack of water, low-hanging electricity wires and the problem of onlookers who get in the way of rescue operations; these are some of the challenges that firefighters faced while trying to douse a blaze in an east Delhi building.

Electronics and IT secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma on Tuesday said that the production of semiconductors in the country will start very soon. He was responding to a query around plan of action of the Ministry of Electronics and IT after state-owned company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) raised the issue of shortage of electronic chip and p...

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

Toyota’s profit in the April-June quarter fell nearly 18 percent YoY as the semiconductor shortage slammed the auto industry. Electric vehicles, which need many chips, have been the worst hit by the global chips crunch. Boosting the EV sale, Toyota makes the Prius hybrid, Lexus luxury models and Camry sedan. 

One of the biggest hydro-power plants in Pakistan which was constructed by a Chinese firm on river Neelam has come to a grinding halt due to geological failure deep inside the tunnel which diverts water from the river to the power plant.

Tata Motors announced quarter report on Wednesday, reporting loss due to inflation, COVID-19 lockdown in China, and chip shortages. However, the sale of electric vehicles reached 9,300 units in the quarter, four times as many as in the same quarter last year.

Pang has bought 62,000 microcontrollers, chips that help control a range of functions from car engines and transmissions to electric vehicle power systems and charging, which cost the original buyer $23.80 each in Germany.

Honda Cars, Tata Motors and other leading carmakers are expecting a longer waiting period for electric and hybrid vehicles, as compared to petrol and diesel variants, as the chip shortage continues to crimp their manufacturing activities.

The global auto chip shortage has affected China, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cars and leader in electric vehicles (EVs), as supply strains have been compounded by a zero-COVID lockdown in auto hub Shanghai that ended last month. The shortage is more acute than elsewhere and threatens to curb the nation's EV momentum. Here’s how China b...

General Motors CEO Mary Barra has predicted that her company will sell more electric vehicles in the US than Tesla by the ned of this decade. Her announcement comes whilst spiked inflation, rising interest rates, soaring material costs and a global shortage of computer chips.

Renault has announced a fall in the sales of its conventional and electrical vehicles in the first half of 2022 due to the worldwide shortage of semiconductors. The company sold 1,000,199 units in the first half of 2022, down 12 percent compared to the same period last year. The data for both years did not include sales in Russia.

Renesas and Tata Motors have partnered to design, develop and make semiconductor solutions, according to an announcement by the firms. Amid the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, Renesas will collaborate with Tata Motors on developing "next-generation automotive electronics" to accelerate the growth of electric and connected vehicles. The non-e...

Denso's CTO, Yoshifumi Kato said last week that the company expected demand for auto chips to be about a third higher by 2025 than it was in 2020, as the key component was increasingly used in fossil-fuel cars, electric vehicles and autonomous drive technology.

India expects rainfall in the biggest coal-producing areas of its east-central region to be below the long-term average this year, potentially easing utilities' coal shortages as there could be fewer disruptions to mining activity due to flooding.

Less than a month after he accused the Congress government of creating an artificial power shortage in Karnataka, a case has been filed against Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy for lighting up his house on Diwali using stolen power.

Lack of water, low-hanging electricity wires and the problem of onlookers who get in the way of rescue operations; these are some of the challenges that firefighters faced while trying to douse a blaze in an east Delhi building.

Electronics and IT secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma on Tuesday said that the production of semiconductors in the country will start very soon. He was responding to a query around plan of action of the Ministry of Electronics and IT after state-owned company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) raised the issue of shortage of electronic chip and p...

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

Toyota’s profit in the April-June quarter fell nearly 18 percent YoY as the semiconductor shortage slammed the auto industry. Electric vehicles, which need many chips, have been the worst hit by the global chips crunch. Boosting the EV sale, Toyota makes the Prius hybrid, Lexus luxury models and Camry sedan. 

One of the biggest hydro-power plants in Pakistan which was constructed by a Chinese firm on river Neelam has come to a grinding halt due to geological failure deep inside the tunnel which diverts water from the river to the power plant.

Tata Motors announced quarter report on Wednesday, reporting loss due to inflation, COVID-19 lockdown in China, and chip shortages. However, the sale of electric vehicles reached 9,300 units in the quarter, four times as many as in the same quarter last year.

Pang has bought 62,000 microcontrollers, chips that help control a range of functions from car engines and transmissions to electric vehicle power systems and charging, which cost the original buyer $23.80 each in Germany.

Honda Cars, Tata Motors and other leading carmakers are expecting a longer waiting period for electric and hybrid vehicles, as compared to petrol and diesel variants, as the chip shortage continues to crimp their manufacturing activities.

The global auto chip shortage has affected China, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cars and leader in electric vehicles (EVs), as supply strains have been compounded by a zero-COVID lockdown in auto hub Shanghai that ended last month. The shortage is more acute than elsewhere and threatens to curb the nation's EV momentum. Here’s how China b...

General Motors CEO Mary Barra has predicted that her company will sell more electric vehicles in the US than Tesla by the ned of this decade. Her announcement comes whilst spiked inflation, rising interest rates, soaring material costs and a global shortage of computer chips.

Renault has announced a fall in the sales of its conventional and electrical vehicles in the first half of 2022 due to the worldwide shortage of semiconductors. The company sold 1,000,199 units in the first half of 2022, down 12 percent compared to the same period last year. The data for both years did not include sales in Russia.

Renesas and Tata Motors have partnered to design, develop and make semiconductor solutions, according to an announcement by the firms. Amid the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, Renesas will collaborate with Tata Motors on developing "next-generation automotive electronics" to accelerate the growth of electric and connected vehicles. The non-e...

Denso's CTO, Yoshifumi Kato said last week that the company expected demand for auto chips to be about a third higher by 2025 than it was in 2020, as the key component was increasingly used in fossil-fuel cars, electric vehicles and autonomous drive technology.

India expects rainfall in the biggest coal-producing areas of its east-central region to be below the long-term average this year, potentially easing utilities' coal shortages as there could be fewer disruptions to mining activity due to flooding.