Category: EV Technology

Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

31/3/2023

Team PluginIndia
The Cobalt mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is very easy to debunk. That is because, simple facts are either misrepresented or purposely hidden to promote their narrative.
In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources.

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Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

9/3/2023

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Team PluginIndia

Even in 2023, we keep getting comments like these - '‘Electric cars use electricity which is generated by burning coal. They are worse than petrol cars."
Either people who make such statements are misguided or they are EV FUD creators. In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this statement with facts and sources.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

7/9/2022

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By Kamlesh & Raphae

Every major automaker has announced plans to build Lithium-Ion battery gigafactories. The aim is to build batteries at a large scale to reduce prices. Well except Japanese automakers, who have buried their heads in the sand! Tesla, VW, BYD, Ford and others have plans to build giant gigafactories. In India, OLA Electric and Tata group have plans to make cells at a large scale. But Lithium has a fundamental problem. Demand for the element is so great for applications including electric vehicles, portable electronic devices, and stationary energy units, that lithium mining companies are struggling to keep up. In addition, about 90% of the world’s supply of lithium is controlled by Chinese companies. The world needs to do something about this. And yes, changes are happening to solve this problem.

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Electric Scooter Fires : OLA Electric, PURE EV | Industry & Media Responsibility

30/3/2022

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By Kamlesh

We have seen multiple instances of electric scooters catching fire in the past 6 months. PURE EV, Okinawa and OLA Electric are brands whose vehicle's have caught fire. The buck stops with these corporations. They need to release investigative reports by their team as well as documents from third party investigators. They should also release educative guides on how to take care of their EV's in hot Indian summers. At the same time the Indian mainstream media and the pollution vehicle media have to stop causing hysteria when it comes to EV fires while conveniently ignoring the hundred's of ICE fires happening each month. Let's have some perspective here.

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Lithium Battery Recycling is happening in 2022 | Attero in India | Redwood Materials

22/2/2022

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By Abhishek & Kamlesh
In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about how battery recycling is happening in 2022 and witnessing the genesis of the battery circular economy in action. We talk about how Redwood materials and Attero in India are pioneering Lithium-Ion battery recycling.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

5/11/2021

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By PluginIndia

In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. The original script was originally created by the GasTroll Youtube Channel with help from the Fully Charged Show. The India specific version is researched and created by PluginIndia. The sources for numbers and facts are at the end of the article.

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Factory Visit - Felidae e-Bikes : A true Make In India story

24/7/2021

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By Atul Gopal

The PluginIndia team got a chance to visit a Pune eBike startup - Felidae Electric, who are working on manufacturing eBikes, that are Made In India. The startup manufacturers all the electronics components like motor, controller, LCD displays, battery packs in house. This makes Felidae very unique among the eBike sellers in India, who import entire eBikes from China and other countries. A true Make in India story among the Indian eBike/EV industry.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

28/4/2021

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By Atul Gopal

The PluginIndia team - Abhishek, Farah and yours truly had a wonderful opportunity to visit the PURE EV factory in the month of January, 2021. This is my blog on the observations made when meeting people from different departments - Design, Battery RnD, Factory, Sales, Service and MIS. All in all we are very impressed by the work being done here at PURE. They are investing in real RnD and this company is a big part of the Indian EV industry now. And the expectation levels have only increased!

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Busting Monsoon Myths Around Electric Vehicles

16/7/2020

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by Mr. Anand Kulkarni, Product Line Director
Electric Vehicle & ALFA Architecture - Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors Ltd.

In the last few years, Electric vehicles are slowly gaining prominence in the automotive sector and it will not be long before they become more established. They have shown the world that they are at-least equitable if not mostly superior in performance to their ICE engine counterparts. Nonetheless, there still seem to be some myths about their capabilities, especially when it comes to their immunity against rainy weather. As the monsoon approaches, the question in everybody’s mind is – Can the Electric vehicle survive the rainy days ahead?

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Maruti 800 Electric Car Conversion, Mahindra e2o Battery Upgrade, Honda Activa Electric

24/6/2020

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By Atul Gopal

This week Kamlesh and I visited a very interesting EV workshop in the Cinchwad area of Pune. Northway Motorsport specialises in converting ICE Vehicles to Electric vehicles.
Mr Hemank Dabhade is the founder of Northway Motorsport, has created a sensation on the internet with his videos of his converted electric cars.
In this blog, i will give my thoughts on the work being done by Hemank and also share many insights we learnt during this fascinating meeting.

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Korea researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials

30/4/2020

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By Manish Agrawal, Founder OnePlug

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.

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Battery Standardization for Indian EV Industry

29/4/2020

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By Manish Agrawal, Founder OnePlug

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.

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The new rage of Kinetic Green e-Rickshaws in Kerala

28/4/2020

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Guest Post
By Manish Agrawal, Founder OnePlug

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.

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QnA: Electric Tractor startup Celestial E-Mobility

20/3/2020

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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.

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UltraCapacitors and Electric Vehicles

17/3/2020

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Guest Post : Archit K from EternalGreen Innovation

It is clear that Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) are here to stay. With the MG ZS EV, Tata Nexon EV, and several new and exciting announcements this Auto Expo, it is clear that the OEMs are also bullish on EV market. In the first two months of 2020 alone, a large number of MG ZS EVs were booked and over 2000 Tata Tigor EVs were ordered. This puts the total number of electric car sales in 2020 so far at twice that of 2019.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Electric Scooter Fires : OLA Electric, PURE EV | Industry & Media Responsibility

Lithium Battery Recycling is happening in 2022 | Attero in India | Redwood Materials

The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Factory Visit - Felidae e-Bikes : A true Make In India story

Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Busting Monsoon Myths Around Electric Vehicles

Maruti 800 Electric Car Conversion, Mahindra e2o Battery Upgrade, Honda Activa Electric

Korea researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials

Battery Standardization for Indian EV Industry

The new rage of Kinetic Green e-Rickshaws in Kerala

QnA: Electric Tractor startup Celestial E-Mobility

UltraCapacitors and Electric Vehicles

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