Electric Vehicles

Engineer Kaustabh Donde and his firm AutoNxt Automation have built India’s first driverless electric tractor that can be operated remotely. Watch this video to see how it works.

Bengaluru resident Sameer Arif launched his startup SWYTCHD with a subscription model that lets you choose an electric vehicle of your choice at lower costs, and helps you tackle issues like range and charge anxiety.

M Auto Electric, started by Mansoor Ali Khan in Chennai, has two-wheelers zipping across roads in Africa. The EV startup also introduced businesses on wheels and has raised $50 million in funding.

Electric two-wheelers are more popular than ever, especially among India’s middle class. But a few businesses in Delhi are ingeniously using them to boost their profits while curbing vehicle emissions in the Capital.

Aashirwad and Aisshwaraya Deshmukhh, with their friend Kannan Marimuthu, launched Howdyy, a Bengaluru startup that ties up with EV companies to electrify the delivery space and “revolutionise the logistics of deliveries in India”.

Our motor vehicles emit a range of toxins – Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Benzene, Sulfur dioxide, and much more, which contribute to Delhi’s ‘non-breathable’ air. Converting old vehicles rather than buying new electric vehicles (EVs) can be a unique solution to tackling the Capital’s pollution crisis.

In 2016, Kaustabh Dhonde founded his startup, AutoNxt Automation, a Mumbai-based electric mobility startup. Nearly six years later, he's on the cusp of manufacturing India’s first electric autonomous (self-driving) tractor.

Hyderabad engineer Maaz Ahmed Khan founded his startup Torq Electric to convert old two-wheelers into electric vehicles.

In 2011, Vijay Kapoor, a 1972 IIT-Kanpur graduate, founded Saera Electric Auto Private Limited (SEAPL), an e-mobility venture. In the following year, he manufactured the company’s first batch of Mayuri e-rickshaws.

Engineering student Mihir Vardhan converted his grandfather’s Hyundai Santro into an electric car using low-cost methods in just three days, saving around Rs 1.5 lakh. He tells us how he did it.