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PluginIndia is India's oldest electric vehicle advocacy group. Since 2013, We have been advocating for EV's and manage a large community of EV owners and lovers in India! Our website PlugInIndia.com and our YouTube Channel are India’s knowledge centers for those wishing to learn about the liberating world of electric vehicles and green transport.
​Our focus are the following
  • ​Manage and help the large and growing EV owner community all over India
    • We manage EV owner groups in all regions of India
    • We track, document issues faced by EV owners and connect them with OEMs.
  • Create EV awareness content on PluginIndia YouTube channel, podcasts and website.
  • We pioneered ​EV community charging back in 2015, where communities open up their homes, offices and businesses for EV owners. Download our ReChargeIndia app now! 
  • We work with EV Industry on projects that we love and care about. 
The content you see at the PluginIndia platforms, is published by real EV owners, who have been using EV's for 10+ years. We are 100% independent, and our EV coverage is not influenced by advertising or corporate sponsorship. Our commitment to excellence and honesty is our trademark and our promise to you.
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We drive electric. So can you! ​
​PluginIndia in the News
Al Gore's Climate Reality features PlugInIndia!
PluginIndia @ Delhi-Dehradun EV Rally - NDTV
PluginIndia organises an EV rally - The Hindu
PluginIndia organises an EV rally - Times of India
PluginIndia YouTube
Our YouTube channel is becoming a huge influencer.
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PluginIndia Podcasts
​Listen to ​the Indian EV news hosted by PluginIndia team members.
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We create a lot of unpaid content for the EV community, with the goal of education and transformation. We need all the support we can get.
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PluginIndia Discord Group
This is the official Discord server created by ​team PlugInIndia.
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Share Electric Vehicle Information Posters
There is a lot of misinformation on electric vehicles spread by people with an agenda or people who are misguided.
We have created posters which mention facts about electric vehicles, lithium batteries and more.
Sources are mentioned at the bottom. The eminent people from academia, industry have approved the information presented in the posters.
Do share these posters among your groups!
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PluginIndia Team
Kamlesh Mallick
​Noting the lack of discourse on electric vehicles in petrol/diesel/CNG-and-mileage-obsessed India, Kamlesh started PluginIndia back in 2013 to help spread awareness of electric vehicles and clean transport. Kamlesh engages with the Indian EV industry and connects them the community. ​His other roles at PluginIndia include managing the Youtube channel, test vehicles and create test reports.
​​Kamlesh owned the Mahindra e2o electric car for 8 years before selling it in 2021.
​He purchased an electric scooter - The OLA S1 in 2022 and is loving it. 
Kamlesh is based out of Pune, India. He is a software freelancer, cyclist, runner, computer gamer and a spiritual seeker. 
​​You can reach Kamlesh via email or on Linked-In
Farah & Raphae Halim
​Farah and Raphae Halim started working at PluginIndia in 2015. Their duties at PluginIndia include video reviews of EV's, client management, content creation, and product testing. ​Their passion is to make their lives clean, green, and responsible by being the change they want to see in the world. This includes using LED lights, BLDC fans, and less paper.
Their video talking about the Mahindra e2o electric car​ has influenced many people to go electric. Both Raphae and Farah drive the Mahindra e2o electric car.​ They recently purchased a Mahindra eVerito electric car. 
Raphae is a technologist at heart and loves repairing Apple Macs, whereas Farah loves Apple gadgets. ​They spend their free time volunteering at The Yoga Institute, Santacruz East, Mumbai. 
You can reach Farah via email or on Linked-In ​You can reach Raphae via email or on Linked-In
Abhishek Uchil 
Abhishek Uchil is a copyeditor by profession and an aspiring writer by vocation. He contributes articles for the PluginIndia website and videos for PluginIndia's YouTube channel. His recent video, the preview of the Hyundai Kona, was viewed more than 330,000 times and remains one of the most popular videos on our channel. He owns the classic Mahindra e2o and used to go on adventurous drives outside Mumbai. He booked the Strom electric car, but cancelled it as the company were not responsive. He is planning to change the battery of his e2o soon and make it into a long range electric car. He is waiting for car OEM's to launch more small electric cars. Abhishek loves reading and pop culture, enjoys visiting plays and film festivals in Mumbai, India's cultural capital. Abhishek shuttles between  the maximum City and his ancestral village of Mangalore. You can reach Abhishek via email.
Amit Gupta
Amit Gupta is an Ecopreneuer, passionate about green living​. Loves camping, and all creatures-great and small! He recently worked on a YouTube video for PluginIndia, talking to people on the street about Electric vehicles and building awareness! Amit is a host for many PluginIndia video series and also assists in script writing.
Amit used to drive the Mahindra e2o electric car which he called 'Zero' but sold his car recently. He also owns a bamboochi electric cycle named 'Shunya'! 
Amit has moved to Sikkim in 2021 and still contributes to PluginIndia.
You can reach Amit via email
Vivek Ahuja
Vivek has 30 years of experience in the IT Industry in various global roles like IT Operations, Technology Management, Information Security, Technology Infrastructure, Solution Architect, Vendor Management, Contact Center Operations and IT Service Delivery. 
Vivek is based out of Delhi and since 2015 has been following the Indian EV scene very closely along with PlugInIndia team.
Having driven e2o & Reva, he now owns the Tata Nexon EV.
He needs no introduction to the NexonEV owners community in India as he runs their online communities via the NexonEV Owners Club.
​He has been working with PlugInIndia to provide content for over 2 years now. He has worked to help organize various group meets, and outstation trips with EVs. You can reach Vivek via email
Find him on Nexon EV Owners Club 
Abhishek Mane
​Abhishek is an entrepreneur based out of Pune. He is the owner of Deeva Solar. He installs solar power systems to clients in west India. Abhishek has been using Okinawa scooters since 2018. He recently purchased a 8 year old Mahindra e2o electric car. 
​Abhishek works on electric scooter reviews. He also works on testing electric cars. His extensive experience in owning EV's really is appreciated by the community.
You can reach Abhishek via email
Sia Mane
​Sia is the daughter of Abhishek Mane and Rushila Mane. She joined PluginIndia back in 2019. She helps the team with fun VLOGS and B-Roll shots using our GoPro. She also appears in some videos on the channel and adds tons of color and fun! She was part of the 'The BEST Nexon EV MAX Features' video which was received well. She loves EV's and her first vehicle will be a colorful electric scooter!
Past Contributors
Atul Gopal
Atul Gopal is an Teachapreneuer, passionate about education and green living. Inspired by the teaching of Masanobu Fukuoka, he has personally applied the do-nothing philosophy to his work at Bulls Eye - a training institute in Pune. Bulls Eye has classrooms in 12 cities across the country. More than 1.5 lakh students enroll every year in the online training programs at hitbullseye.com.  He also started Peepal Tree Schools, where his school students spend all their time at school in ‘Learning by Doing’. 
​Atul wrote on the EV scene when at PluginIndia. ​Atul can be found in and around hilly Pune. 
​You can reach Atul via email
Ashish Gupta
Ashish Gupta worked with at PluginIndia as a video editor from 2018 to mid 2019. He greatly enhanced PlugInIndia's videos and gave creative inputs to the channel and the team. He had worked on a YouTube video showing a Mahindra e2o making a 100+ km trip around Mumbai. Ashish works with Hotel Accord, Mumbai, and is a graduate of hospitality from Manipal University. He is passionate about gardening, waste management, and the environment in general. He loves electric vehicles and solar power generation.
Ashish drives the Mahindra e2o ​Plus P8 electric car.
You can reach Ashish via email
Kedar Soman
Kedar Soman joined PluginIndia back in 2017. Kedar hopes that PluginIndia and the EV community can influence EV policies, and he attended many EV summits and workshops all over India. Kedar currently works for eBikeGo a startup revolutionising EV rentals. He is an engineer by profession and enjoys tinkering with stuff indoors, whereas, when outdoors, he can often be found hiking in the woods. 
Kedar rides an Okinawa Ridge electric scooter in Mumbai. 
​You can reach Kedar on Linked-In
Sonendra Singh
​SONENDRA SINGH has interest in EV, solar power systems and IOT. Presently, he is working in Electric Automotive industry. He has hands-on experience in electric vehicle development. He modified his Electric scooty, which was a VRLA battery based, replaced everything (Battery, controller, motor) to enhance the performance. His modified a Hero Electric Scooter with Li Ion battery has max speed 80Kmph, 0-60Kmph in 7-8 seconds.
You can get in touch with him via email
Shikha Krishna
Shikha Krishna is based in India and believes in working for collaborative and happier communities. At present she is working in developing the Electric Vehicle and related segments in India. 
Her other areas of interests are mass customisation, specially with 3D printing and businesses around collaborative consumption. 
You can get in touch with her via email or follow her on Linkedin
Soumya Prasad
Soumya Prasad teaches ecology and bio-statistics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research has focused on seed dispersal in changing landscapes.
She is passionate about raising awareness about electric vehicles and solid waste management. ​She spends her spare time fermenting various grains and fruits, and travelling to find quiet spots to unwind. Soumya will write about electric car events, community charge points, EV travelogues and anything else that is worth writing about in the Indian EV industry. 
Alysha Webb
Alysha Webb is a Los Angeles-based consultant and writer who covers about the electric vehicle industry for PluginCars.com and blogs about China and electric vehicles at www.china-ev.org. 
Upon her return to the United States, Alysha covered automotive dealerships for Automotive News.  She later was West Coast Editor for AutoRetailBusiness, an online dealer-focused publication.  Alysha will blog about the Indian and global EV scene at PluginIndia.
Johnson
Johnson is a Technology enthusiast, Avid Blogger, Car reviewer, EV Fan, Solar & Free Energy Fanatic.
Johnson is married with 2 kids and drives a Honda Civic & Honda Jazz in Doha, Qatar since 2006.  He feels that electricity from solar panels will help Qatar export more oil than selling
it at subsidized rate in local petrol pumps. Someday he hopes to drive an EV.
He also blogs at a spinoff site - Plugincaroo