{"id":439535,"date":"2021-10-01T09:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=439535"},"modified":"2021-10-01T10:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T04:56:52","slug":"uber-partners-with-startup-india-icreate-on-innovation-fund-to-drive-adoption-of-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/uber-partners-with-startup-india-icreate-on-innovation-fund-to-drive-adoption-of-evs\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber partners with Startup India, iCreate on innovation fund to drive adoption of EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ride-hailing company Uber has said it is partnering with Startup India and Gujarat-based start-up incubation centre iCreate on an innovation fund to support new ideas to drive adoption of electric vehicles across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Green Mobility Innovation Challenge&#8217;, which will be hosted on the Startup India portal, invites submissions from individuals and start-ups that focus on innovation in areas of two- and three-wheelers, charging station accessibility, Uber said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This is for potential partnership or financial models that can improve EV uptake in India, it added. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the company had announced USD 800 million in resources towards helping drivers transition to EVs by 2025, and 100 per cent emission-free rides globally by 2040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ride-hailing company Uber has said it is partnering with Startup India and Gujarat-based start-up incubation centre iCreate on an innovation fund to support new ideas to drive adoption of electric vehicles across the country. The &#8216;Green Mobility Innovation Challenge&#8217;, which will be hosted on the Startup India portal, invites submissions from individuals and start-ups that focus on innovation in areas of two- and three-wheelers, charging station accessibility, Uber said in a statement. This is for potential partnership or financial models that can improve EV uptake in India, it added. Last year, the company had announced USD 800 million in resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,239,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-power-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}