Ola Electric Shifts Gears, Making A Striking U-Turn In Its Electrification Sprint!
Taking a U-turn on its whole strategy in the electrification race, Ola Electric is now intending to open over 200 experience centers throughout India by the first quarter of 2023, with a restructuring of their organization. Ola Electric is expanding its present digital-only sales approach for the S1 electric scooters and plans to create over […]
E-scooters will account for 5% of the two-wheeler market in FY23: Greaves Electric Mobility
Greaves Electric Mobility anticipates that sales of electric scooters would increase to 700,000 units in FY23, up from 250,000 units in FY22. Greaves Electric Mobility (GEM), which sells the Ampere brand of electric scooters, forecasts that the tipping point for converting ICE scooters to electric scooters would be achieved in FY23, accounting for 4-5 percent […]
EP 25 | Decoding China’s Dominance on EVs Globally | The Economist | Vijay VAITHEESWARAN
Vijay VAITHEESWARAN, Global Energy & Climate Innovation Editor, of The Economist, London magazine was traveling through India to work on an article featuring the green hydrogen sector in India. We took the opportunity to have him on our podcast on a whistle stop visit to learn about the electric mobility sector in the US and […]
Ola Electric: Mission Electric 2022
Ola Electric plans to create a portfolio of products that will include electric cars and scooters powered by an indigenously produced battery. Bhavish Aggarwal, founder, and CEO of homegrown electric vehicle maker Ola Electric announced the introduction of its new Ola S1 scooter, as well as the new indigenously built lithium-ion battery, and revealed Ola […]
With Two Brands and a Purpose-Built INGLO Platform, Mahindra Introduces Five Electrifying SUVs.
Mahindra revealed two new brands established expressly to house the company’s EV portfolio – the brand XUV with the Twin Peak emblem in Copper and a new EV brand titled BE. Mahindra & Mahindra introduced its new electric vehicle architecture named ‘INGLO EV platform’ and five e-SUVs under the two EV brands – iconic brand […]
Why India’s Electric Vehicles Will Outshine Tesla?
Elon Musk’s feud over Tesla for access to Indian markets “may be a great gift to India,” as it will provide the Indian automotive sector the space it needs to produce vehicles that will take the global industry by storm. “Tesla will not build a factory in any location where we are not first licensed […]
Is Battery Swapping a viable solution for India?
“Battery-as-a-service or battery swapping allows EV owners to replace their depleted batteries with freshly charged ones at swap stations.” The automotive industry is going through a revolution. India has already established aggressive emission reduction objectives, and the vehicle sector is one critical area where emissions can be dramatically reduced. Today every debate on EV adoption […]
‘Rare’ structural breakdown in the scooter’s battery pack is the cause of the fire: Ather Energy
Energizing India News 31 May ’22 Ather electric scooter fire is ascribed to the vehicle brought in for service following an accident – fact-finding leads to cracks on the battery pack casing. Ather Energy, the maker of India’s coolest electric scooters, has pinned a fire at its experience centre in Chennai on an “extremely uncommon” […]
EP 21 |Achieving the impossible – Rapid Charge in 15 minutes | Arun Vinayak |Exponent Energy
During the last 18 months on this program, we have covered conversations with the entire EV ecosystem in India including regulators, grid operators, vehicle manufacturers, battery manufacturers and charge point operators. What has become a very evident lesson is that the various elements of the EV ecosystem dance to their own tune and are not […]
The Draft Policy Proposed By The NITI Aayog Seeks To Standardize Battery Swapping
‘The draft plan, issued by the government think tank NITI Aayog, attempts to accelerate the spread of battery swapping as a service in the Indian market.’ Niti Aayog announced the first iteration of the Battery Swapping Policy 2022 in order to increase interoperability and push for quicker adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in the two-wheeler […]
