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EV Charger Manufacturing in India – Challenges & Opportunities

June 20, 2022June 22, 2022charging, expert-speak 10 min read

Pune based Electrical and Electronics manufacturer Ador Digatron makes ARAI approved EV fast chargers (60KW and 120KW) and plans to launch a

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Technology to be biggest enabler of Battery Swapping Policy in India | Opinion

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022battery swapping, expert-speak 4 min read

The proposed Battery Swapping policy (draft) by the Government of India aims to build a robust ecosystem around the ‘Battery

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Electric technologies and alternate fuels – all have a role to play in India’s mobility future: Vikram Gulati, Toyota Kirloskar

April 15, 2022April 25, 2022Electric cars, expert-speak, powertrain 8 min read

Team EVreporter had an interaction with Mr Vikram Gulati, Executive Vice President of Toyota Kirloskar Motor. The focus of this

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Lithium-ion battery safety – perils and promises

October 27, 2021March 15, 2022EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries 7 min read

With the recent incidents of Chevrolet Bolt unattended fire and Hyundai’s recall of Kona EV, battery safety in electric vehicles

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Battery swapping becomes viable at a scale of 10 vehicles, each travelling 60+ km a day: Ashwin Shankar

October 22, 2021March 15, 2022battery swapping, expert-speak 5 min read

Ashwin Shankar, CEO – BatteryPool, discusses the basics of electric vehicle battery swapping systems, the economic incentive for fleets to

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EV charging and power quality – QnA with Shwetank Jain

September 20, 2021October 20, 2021charging, expert-speak 6 min read

Shwetank Jain – Founder and CEO at P2 Power answers our questions on Power Quality, and how the issue of Power

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Single Crystal Cathodes for Lithium Ion Batteries – an innovation for improved battery performance

May 28, 2021August 7, 2021EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries 8 min read

This article by C.S. Ramanathan suggests the importers of Lithium-ion cells and batteries to procure that the cathodes made of single

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Opex based incentive structure needed to promote e-bus adoption and usage

May 11, 2021December 13, 2021electric buses, expert-speak, fleet operations 8 min read

Prasanna Purple is a private bus operator that has been running electric bus operations in Pune and Mumbai for almost

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How automation and industry 4.0 solutions can help India build necessary competency in EV manufacturing

February 26, 2021June 28, 2021EV ecosystem, expert-speak 8 min read

This decade is expected to see mainstream adoption of electric vehicles. This guest article by Himanshu Jadhav explores how Automation,

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Lithium-ion cell manufacturing in India – How to get started | Guide for MSMEs

December 21, 2020October 31, 2021EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries 10 min read

Union Cabinet recently approved Production Linked Incentive Schemes for 10 sectors to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities. One of the key

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Valeo plans to manufacture electric powertrains from Pune plant: Jayakumar G, Group President

December 1, 2020June 28, 2021expert-speak, powertrain 5 min read

Valeo is world number one in vehicle electrification, fitting one in every three cars worldwide with its electrical systems, says

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Additive Manufacturing for Product Development and Rapid Prototyping of Electric Powertrain

November 26, 2020August 7, 2021expert-speak 5 min read

Adoption of Additive Manufacturing for fabrication of electric motor components In this interaction with Amit Nanavati, Founder of Singapore-based Bralco

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Can Indian EV companies make headway in exports? Industry experts analyse what it would take

November 11, 2020February 5, 2021expert-speak 10 min read

India’s automotive sector is one of the largest in the world. India is the world’s 4th largest car manufacturer and

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Strength and ease of establishing charging infra critical to EV adoption for fleets: Nishant Saini – MD, eee-Taxi

November 3, 2020December 23, 2020expert-speak, fleet operations 6 min read

Gurugram based eee-Taxi is one of the front runners in propagating electric mobility in India and holds the distinction of

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Battery and connector standardisation key to promote battery swapping: Vikrant K Aggarwal, EVI Technologies

October 16, 2020June 15, 2022battery swapping, charging, expert-speak 4 min read

EVI Technologies is an EV Charging Solutions Infrastructure company, based out of New Delhi that has installed 215 EV charging

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Integration between DISCOMs and Charging Infra to become crucial with rising EV penetration: Maxson Lewis

October 7, 2020March 24, 2021charging, expert-speak 8 min read

Magenta is an EV charging technology company backed by HPCL, Shell, and Microsoft. They provide ‘socket-to-software’ solutions for EV charging

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LNG as a cheaper and cleaner fuel for Heavy Commercial Vehicles in India

October 3, 2020August 7, 2021expert-speak, LNG 7 min read

India is the 3rd largest energy consumer in the world after China and USA. According to the Ministry of Petroleum

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Suitability of EVs in Nepal – Policy, Economics, Topography and Demography

September 9, 2020May 7, 2021expert-speak 6 min read

Nepal is an import dependent landlocked country with no access to sea routes. Road transport dominates the major transport infrastructure

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Celebrating inaugural World EV Day, September 9th

September 9, 2020September 24, 2020expert-speak 3 min read

Ravikiran Annaswamy – CEO and Co-founder of Numocity Technologies shares his thoughts on the first World EV Day. Today is

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Indian start-up develops indigenous solid state battery technology for electric vehicles

September 8, 2020July 13, 2021EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries 6 min read

IBE™ Technologies, founded by Indian battery researchers, aims to cater to the needs of India’s battery space through indigenous technology.

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FAQs on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

August 20, 2020December 13, 2021expert-speak, fuel cell technology 8 min read

Dr Dhiraj K Mahajan from IIT Ropar answers the FAQs on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology What is a Fuel Cell

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Manappuram Finance ready to collaborate with OEMs to support EV financing – Dhirraj Agrawal

August 11, 2020August 31, 2020electric 3W, expert-speak 4 min read

We spoke to Mr Dhirraj Agrawal, Sr. Vice President & CEO of EV Business at Manappuram Finance. The conversation centred

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Retrofitting ICE vehicles to EVs with Hemank Dabhade

June 21, 2020July 23, 2020Electric cars, expert-speak, retrofitting 8 min read

We had a chat with Hemank Dabhade – a Pune based engineer who runs an R&D facility dedicated to electric

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How does BluSmart manage its fleet and make an operating profit?

March 2, 2020June 28, 2021Electric cars, expert-speak, fleet operations 4 min read

At EVreporter, we are curious to find out how start-ups in the e-mobility domain are solving unique challenges associated with

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Preparing power distribution network for EV charging needs

January 16, 2020August 7, 2021charging, DISCOM, Electric Vehicles, expert-speak 11 min read

In this guest article for EVreporter, Chandana Sasidharan presents her take on the preparedness required at the DISCOM’s end to

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A case for last mile deliveries using EVs – feat. Gati and IKEA

December 12, 2019January 6, 2021commercial vehicles, expert-speak, fleet operations, last mile delivery, logistics 7 min read

Electric vehicles in third party logistics (3PL) and last-mile deliveries make for a low hanging fruit when it comes to

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5 Questions with Amitabh Saran – CEO, Altigreen

December 2, 2019April 3, 2020Electric Vehicles, expert-speak, powertrain 6 min read

The rise of e-mobility in India has been accompanied by a new wave of startups making inroads into the automobile

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Solar plus energy storage may become a viable solution for managing peak loads

November 29, 2019December 2, 2019energy storage, EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries 6 min read

Energy storage technologies can be a game-changer for India’s electric grid and transportation sector. The current size of the energy

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Self-sufficiency key to India’s future mobility needs

November 27, 2019December 5, 2019e-mobility, EV battery, expert-speak, Lithium-ion batteries, Sodium-ion batteries 6 min read

Policy think tank BridgeIndia organised ‘The Future of Batteries’ event in Delhi on November 25th, 2019. The discussions during the

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Zoomcar to onboard 10,000 electric cars by 2021: Nirmal NR

November 19, 2019January 12, 2021e-mobility, Electric cars, expert-speak, fleet operations 5 min read

The self-drive rental company Zoomcar was in news recently for their electric cars covering over 1 crore km in the

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EVs and Solar Energy to see a steep rise in India: Anil Srivastava

November 16, 2019December 5, 2019Electric Vehicles, EV Policy, expert-speak 3 min read

Mr Anil Srivastava – Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog spoke to an audience comprising of business leaders, investors, government representatives and industry