By Kamlesh Mallick with inputs from industry

So the 2019 budget was presented by our finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and electric mobility was the major winner.
There are income tax breaks for consumers, there are lower import duties on components for manufacturers and less GST than before.
All this shows the commitment of our government towards green mobility in India.

By Kamlesh Mallick

Let's all welcome a new electric car to the Indian EV market. Hyundai are launching India's first electric SUV on July 9, 2019.
No this is not a gossip news item that you read in auto blogs or websites these days about EV's. This is a real launch, where the car will be made  available for individual and commercial customers in India. We have been in touch with the nice people in Hyundai over the year talking about the car, the team etc. They don't reveal much, but here are important points to consider if you are interested in the Hyundai Kona Electric SUV.

by Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx

Not long ago it was just dreams. Small internal-combustion aircraft provide taxi services, serve the declining market for private flying and a few other needs. Some are over 30 years old because total cost of ownership is an issue. Designing electric replacements seemed like entering a dust bowl. Spotting that there is more money in larger aircraft, some raised investment to jump in at the deep end and make 8-100 seat pure-electric aircraft or, more realistically, hybrid interim versions first, such as the Faradair BEHA. It is well analysed in the new IDTechEx report, "Manned Electric Aircraft 2020-2030".

Orxa Energies's Mission is to Rapidly Electrify All Transport​. To do that they are working on made in India, modular battery packs. They are also working on an electric motorcycle to be released in 2019. 
Let's chat with the co-founder of Orxa Energies, Ranjita Ravi to find out more.

By Team PluginIndia

Twenty Two Motors, a Gurugram-based start-up had partnered with Taiwanese scooter maker Kymco, who will bring in it's Ionex battery swapping solution, which will be incorporated  into the Flow electric scooter. 
We speak to the CEO and Co-Founder Mr Parveen Kharb, and ask him some questions on the product, the technology and upcoming milestones.​

By Dr Peter Harrop and Dr Na Jiao​

By Prof Nagendra Singh Tiwari​

By Abhishek Uchil

The Tigor Electric Car from Tata Motors was delivered to EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited) and few of them have also been made available to Zoomcar, who have started leasing the car to individuals.
The Tigor EV is not available in Dealers as of March 2019, but we managed to test drive the car for few hours.
​Here are some talking points.

By Team PluginIndia
​So an incredible EV recce drive/rally comes to an end! The Dehradun highway is now electrified and the electric car community can go upto Dehradun due to reliable points by ZeroBill
As usual we have tons of memories to share and some statistics in this photo-info blog!  

By Kamlesh Mallick

As we shared in our previous blog, Team PluginIndia and Delhi Community are organizing the Electric Car Recce Drive from Feb 15th to Feb 19th. 
​Five days to go and we were grossly under prepared. We basically had 2 or 3 contacts and hoped to charge our Electric Cars.
It was underwhelming. We needed to do more.
​And then, out of nowhere, the nice people of ZeroBill stepped in and took the task of installing community charge points to the next level!

By Team PluginIndia

PluginIndia team along with 'Been There Doon That' and Delhi EV community, are organising an Electric Car Rally and an EV education event ​at Dehradun on February 14th to 18th

By Kamlesh Mallick and Abhishek Uchil