By Team PluginIndia
In this month's EV industry analysis, Raphae and Amit speak about how businesses are getting rid of petrol vehicles and adding more EV’s in their fleets. This clearly shows the value proposition that EVs offer to businesses. Electric Vehicles are way superior to Petrol vehicles in terms of economy, efficiency, reliability and performance and businesses love that!

By Team PluginIndia

There is a strong anti China movement in India and around the world as we speak. Unfortunately many industries in India are dependent on China including our Electric Vehicle Industry. 
In this episode of EV guru we show were Indian EV Industry is in terms of localisation and we showcase how many industries are dependent on China.
Ultimately we speak about taking the pragmatic approach for our Indian EV Industry. 

By Team PluginIndia

In this month's EV industry analysis, Raphae and Amit speak about the lack of original designs in Indian Electric Scooter industry. This has resulted in Honda suing Hero Electric for copying the Honda Moove scooter's design. We also speak about Ola Electric's foray into electric scooters and two wheelers and why they purchased the Dutch scooter startup - Etergo.

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.

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

PureEV is a Hyderabad based startup who have been researching and manufacturing high performance Lithium batteries and Electric Vehicles since 2018.
In this EV Industry QnA, Raphae Halim from PluginIndia speaks to Mr Rohit Vadera is one of the co-founders of the company which was incubated out of IIT Hyderabad. 
We discuss about Pure EV's ePluto7G electric scooter, Lithium Batteries, Energy Storage solutions and more.

By Team PluginIndia

Cellestial E-Mobility, a Hyderabad based startup has rolled out its first prototype electric tractor. This tractor is economical to operate, as powerful as a diesel tractor,
while consuming less energy. With features like with features like battery swapping, regenerative braking, AC charging, battery that can act as a UPS, this product will be very beneficial to the agriculture industry. The best part the electric tractor will be cheaper than equivalent diesel tractors.

We spoke to Mr Syed Mubasheer , founder of Cellestial E-Mobility and asked him some questions on this very interesting product.

By Amit Gupta  & Raphae Halim

Let's take a look at the electric vehicle stories that are trending in February 2020. Amit and Raphae speak about demystifying availability of Lithium, they mention the serious and not so serious EV showcases at the Auto Expo. We examine the Ather 450X pricing controversy and look at the twitter happenings.
Finally we also look at some community contributors in the EV world!

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 Abhishek Uchil

​PluginIndia recently took a trip to Hyderabad, the city of nawabs and of high technology. In fact, our hotel was in an area synonymous with the latter – Hitec City! That’s where we found ourselves, bleary-eyed after a long overnight bus ride that had brought us into Hyderabad from Bangalore. But we had little time to laze about in our hotel rooms because we had to go check out e-Trio, the only Indian company offering ARAI-certified electric vehicle (EV) conversion kits for your car!

By Kamlesh Mallick

So we got an email from the PureEV team last month, inviting PluginIndia to visit their factory and meet their battery engineering team in Hyderabad. We have heard a lot about the company and by looking at their website, we see some some cool looking electric two wheeler products. The fact that they make their own battery packs and also are working on algorithms, software to improve their battery, meant that this trip to Hyderabad was a no brainer.