By Team PluginIndia

By Team PluginIndia

Akhil Venkateshwaran‎ is an owner of the Hyundai Kona Electric SUV, based out of Bengaluru. He shared with us details of his 385km, Electric Car Road Trip from Bengaluru to Coimbatore on his Kona Electric. The PluginIndia team asked him some questions on his epic journey that shows electric vehicles offer incredible cost benefits during such trips.

By: Raphae Halim

By Kamlesh Mallick

Ather Energy has been doing a lot of outreach sessions with open houses in multiple cities, following the unveiling of the Ather 450X electric scooter. They have got a lot of negative publicity over the last couple of weeks due to their price hikes, monthly subscription fees for connectivity and unpopular power packs.
​We have documented all, in our popular podcast and we have also asked the question in our poll of the month for Feb 2020 (seen in our Homepage) and the response has been very critical of Ather.  
Despite having a slight leg sprain, i could not miss the opportunity to meet the Ather team and get their perspective of things and also take a look at the 450X.
​So this is what we learnt.

By Atul Gopal

Here is a photo blog of my quick trip to the 2020 Auto Expo in Greater Noida. Electric Vehicles was the focus for many companies, but many companies showcased EV's just for some PR without having any plans to launch them. Its very easy to find them out!
We wont go into the specs of each as the auto industry is notorious for showcasing concepts that will never see the light of day in terms of production. 
Let's have some colorful fun shall we!

Guest Post : Ajay Maurya from ​EternalGreen Innovations

Indian metropolises faced with the challenges posed by rapid immigration and pollution.  There is an urgent need to take care of micro-challenges being faced by early adopters of EV. The first wave of EV adoption will happen at B2B/commercial level by fleet operators and corporates for urban transportation. We can say with high certainty that successful EV's adoption will significantly depend upon how effectively a fleet operator can monitor and manage these EVs.

By Kamlesh Mallick & Raphae Halim 

So the entire PluginIndia team and the EV community watched the new Hamara Kal video few months back. What nostalgic and emotional feeling for all of us! I kid you not, that evening, our EV community group was discussing the video and re-watching it non stop! ​And then when we saw and rode the 2020 Chetak electric scooter for the first time, there was another wave of positive feelings that engulfed all of us - both the old and the new generation! It's hard to describe. Such things need to be felt! 
​In this article we will document our initial impressions on the Chetak electric scooter, the experience centre and the people we met.

By Kamlesh Mallick

By Strom Motors

Strom Motors an EV start up based out of India is all set to launch Strom-R3, a reverse trike all electric urban mobility solution. Strom-R3 is the first reverse trike vehicle to receive homologation certification in India. Strom Motors was the winner of the coveted Spirit of Manufacturing Award at TiECON Global Summit held in November 2019 at New Delhi, India. Strom-R3 has received widespread recognition including as a top 10 startups by Government of India in early 2018 and by Economic Times.

By Kamlesh Mallick

By Abhishek, Kamlesh and Raphae

​As of 20 December 2019, 128 Revolt motorcycles have been delivered in Pune. Most of them being the RV 400. Most customers seem to be using their bikes in top gear. The real life range is turning out to be something like 70 kilometers. The Revolt team still believes that you get 140 kilometer range, when you're using it in the limited speed mode. How many customers would want to go for this compromise on speed to get that range? Even the  low-speed models are  designed to be driven at 40 kmph now!

By Raphae Halim and Amit Gupta

The Tata Nexon Electric Compact SUV was unveiled today in Mumbai. The Nexon is the first product based on the ZipTron platform which uses a high voltage system. Tata Motors have been creating marketing content for the Nexon EV, taking it to Ladakh and showcasing the performance of the vehicle. We had an opportunity to visit the unveil event and here are our takeaways. 

By Kamlesh Mallick, Raphae Halim and Farah Halim

Electric Scooters are the easiest route to get into the world of electric mobility. We often get many queries, from all of you - our readers and followers, about buying an electric scooter.  
Which scooter offers the longest range, which has good top speed, which one is least expensive, which brand is more tech savvy and so on.
In this article and video embedded, we will talk about the High Speed Electric Scooters you can buy now!  

By Atul Gopal