By Team PluginIndia
Raphae speaks to Mr Santosh Ram, who is founder of BrightBlu, a Navi Mumbai based company, who has been working on Made In India AC type 2 based charging stations.
BrightBlu and their team have also developed software in-house which works with their EV charging hardware

By Team PluginIndia

In this episode of PluginIndia EV Guru, we will talk about the cost of charging your Tata Nexon EV. We show you can save around ₹ 6,00,000 on fuel alone over a period of 8 years just by switching to driving electric. Want to know more? Read on!

Foreseeing the potential of EV the market in India, Hyderabad based ETO Motors, electric mobility as a service company is gearing up to ramp up their portfolio with a four-wheeler cargo carrier. 

Innovations and breakthroughs come out as a delightful surprise to any industry and the same is the case with the EV sector. Recently only a team of scientists from Korea had discovered ways to improve the overall range of EV vehicles. They have invented technologies using silicon anode material that nearly multiplies the battery capacity by four times as compared to traditional graphite anode material.

By Team PluginIndia

Many of you know, Hero Electric is the largest player in the Indian electric scooter segment. Atul from PluginIndia recently spoke to Mr Sohinder Gill, CEO of Hero Electric about the strategy adopted by Hero Electric, battery pack usage etc. Also at the end of the article, the EV community have asked ask some of their questions too.

What happens when we standardize things? Well, the answer is pretty simple, you will benefit from producing more in minimum time. Even though this thought came a little late to EV manufacturers in India, it can be safely assumed that “better late than never”. In a concentrated effort to standardize various parts that go into an electric vehicle, OEM’s and organizations have come together to a common ground recently.

Kochi (Kerala) got introduced to e-rickshaws the last year and the response from both the drivers and the customers were over the roof. This had resulted in the formation of a new agreement between the Auto Driver’s Union and two manufacturers to get 250 more e-rickshaws to run across the city within a span of a few months.

Guest Post
By Manish Agrawal, Founder OnePlug
​How about riding electric scoter that is pocket friendly and compact enough to glide through the ever-rising traffic? Sounds like fun? Well within the near future, that’s going to be a reality as Bajaj Auto is developing their own low powered single-seater electric scooter. 

Guest Post
By Manish Agrawal, Founder OnePlug

Rocky Mountain Institute and NITI Aayog have recently brought up a set of calculations that would set the electric vehicle aspirations on the right track. The report had comprehensive studies about the opportunities of the automotive sector and government after the implementation of FAME II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles II) scheme.

By Team PluginIndia
Raphae from PluginIndia recently spoke to Mr Manish Agrawal, who along with his team has created affordable, safe charging equipment for all electric vehicles.
You can read the hardware and software features of the OnePlug AC Charger here.
In this section of the interview, we talk about the two public charging stations created by OnePlug, located in Delhi. He also speaks about the legal challenges involved in getting permissions and also Mr Manish answers questions from the EV Community.