Electric vehicles are soon going to be the norm. For developing economies two-wheelers are going to be the mainstay for the EV industry. Many start-ups have entered the space and are working on disrupting the economy. Some companies are selling these two-wheelers, while many others are using them for shared mobility services. However, for the price advantage and manufacturing experience almost all companies have to look towards China for sourcing the components for these vehi

Aurora Ventures: Tell us more about the work of Save Electric. How did the idea come up? Chandan Mundhra: Savë (pronounced Savee) stands for Save-environment. It began taking shape in 2013 after observing huge number of Electric 3-Wheelers being imported from China and its positive impact in the last mile connectivity industry. We decided to improvise the same, add value and Indigenize it. Aurora: How do you find the response for electric transport or cargo vehicles from cons

Within one week of PM Narendra Modi mentioning that the Government wants to make India a world leader in Electric vehicles at the Global Business Summit, 2019, the government published a press release announcing that the much anticipated and talked about scheme, Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicle (FAME II), is finally approved by the cabinet. Against the earlier expectations that the value of the incentives would range around INR 5500 cr (~USD 770 mn), the

China has been the biggest market as well as the biggest manufacturer of electric vehicles for around one decade. To achieve and sustain this leading position, China had taken a slew of measures at policy as well infrastructure levels. Strong policies, such as credit scores for OEMs, technology-based subsidies and state-owned charging infrastructure, have come to fruition and led to the high growth rates of EV adoption in China. Kedar Soman from PlugIndia caught up with our C

Two wheelers and three wheelers are the two vehicle categories that are getting electrified in India first. Recently, the 8th edition of EV Expo in New Delhi also had players in 2W, 3W and battery tech category as its brightest shining expo stars. Exciting two wheeler Indian startups like Ather Energy, Twenty Two Motors, Ultraviolette, have invested millions in the R&D and also many years into developing their first mass-production-ready products. Locally imagined products ha

This is a guest post by Nimesh Shah. Government of India recently released a notification titled ‘Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles – Guidelines and Standards -reg.’. Availability of adequate charging infrastructure is acknowledged as a key requirement for accelerated electric vehicle adoption in the country. In accordance, setting up of Public Charging Stations (PCS) has been de-licensed and any individual/entity is free to set up public charging stations, provid

DARWYN Ventures recently released its electric motorcycle prototype called 'Theta' which is targeted towards hyperlocal delivery. They are also working on a plan to launch a battery assembly facility with a capability to produce batteries within a wide specification range. In our next installment of the Thought Leadership series, we had an opportunity to talk to Rahul Gonsalves, Co-founder & CEO, DARWYN and discuss his views on their product, plans for battery assembly facili

Personal shared mobility is the new form of transportation, which is revolutionizing the way we travel in cities. These services, already popular in the USA and European cities, are offering pollution-free, affordable, convenient and exciting options of bicycles and e-bikes/scooters for first and last mile connectivity. Although in India the services are still at a nascent stage, they have received a positive response from the users and investors alike. One of the more popula

Electric shared personal mobility is the latest rage in transport industry. We have all heard of multi-billion dollar valuations for startups in this space, which are offering bikes, electric bikes, electric kick-start scooters, electric scooters in different countries. Last year it was Ofo and Mobike who were hitting the headlines and six months back it was Bird and Lime with their investment rounds. These days we are hearing expansion news from startups like Scoot, Skip, Sp

Technology based industries have always been known to be disruptive in nature, with Research and Development as its core. This keeps the manufacturers at their toes to stay ahead of the curve and gain competitive advantage in their markets. Electric Vehicle industry is one such industry which is evolving at great pace and news of product launches with better battery tech, motor specs or overall performance are popping up in different corners of the world at great speed. Techn

We have seen too many cases of manufacturer doing great profiles on Alibaba and even nice websites but turning out to be nothing more than a small workshop with no quality systems in place or a trade company with no manufacturing at all. We would like to share a case example of a story that we see play out repeatedly. Let’s take an example of John, who launched his new electric car start-up last year. John decided to onboard a hub motor supplier for their new electric vehicle

Ather Energy had a successful launch of their two electric scooters S450 & S340 in June, which have received rave reviews from the experts and the consumers alike. In the second installment of our Thought Leadership series, we had a chance to interview Mr. Swapni Jain (Co-founder, Ather Energy Pvt. Ltd.) regarding his views on the EV industry, adoption rates, government support, and much more. Aurora Ventures: The launch event for S450 & S340 was a great success, and Ather ha

China is popularly known as the world’s factory. One of the prime reasons of how China is able to offer such competitive pricing on its produce is the tax support from its government. Apart from the economies of scale that the factories utilize as one of the factors for lower costs, Chinese export policy also entitles export entities to a refund on the VAT paid. When an exporter buys or makes products in China, the whole supply chain downstream had already paid tax on the com

In our first installment of thought leadership series, we had a wonderful opportunity to talk to Mr. Vijay Chandrawat, COO & Co-founder of 22motors. Here are the excerpts from our conversation about his company’s vision, Indian electric vehicle market and policies surrounding the industry. Aurora Ventures: Mr. Vijay, 22motors had a successful launch of “Flow” at the Auto Expo, New Delhi this year. Tell us more about the company plans and when is Flow hitting the road? Vijay C