e-Vehicles project by Softbank in Hyderabad

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 05:51 PM

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Hyderabad, January 26: As we know that, Telangana IT Minister K.T. Ramarao had visited the Japan and met with CEO of Softbank Masayoshi Son.

Masayoshi Son has agreed to launch a pilot project on electric vehicles in Hyderabad on Wednesday and described the meeting as a 'good and fruitful' one.

The minister discussed a wide range of issues with Masayoshi Son including renewable energy, innovation, start-ups and electric vehicles. The minister invited SoftBank's chairman to the city as a guest of honour for an 'Invest Telangana' event to be organized in November this year.

During his visit to India last December, Masayoshi Son had expressed a desire to introduce one million electric cars on Indian roads and Wednesday's discussions were to that end.

These cars, he said, would be made in India as part of the 'Make in India' initiative. It may be mentioned here that SoftBank, the Japanese telecom company, has a stake in cab service aggregator, Ola, that is used in the city.

Son decision to launch electric cars on city roads may help reduce pollution levels that have been soaring. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) bulletin on January 24, on the air quality index for 24 hours showed the index value at 183 with prominent pollution also known as particular matter being PM2.5.

The data was got from three monitoring stations. This level of pollution, according to the board, can cause breathing discomfort to people with lung-related ailments, asthma and heart diseases.