Electric Vehicles

The Aha NexCruise, a plug-and-play device developed by Jaipur-based Aakash, maximises the range of an EV when going long distances on routes with no fast chargers.

Is merely switching from petrol/diesel to electricity enough to challenge air pollution? How do you source the electricity required to power these vehicles? We explore all questions around sustainability of electric vehicles.

Planning to purchase an electric vehicle? Three EV owners share all about range anxiety, fast chargers, the right way to drive, and other things to keep in mind.

Assam-based Samrat Nath has built an e-bicycle that has many security features to make it ‘theft-proof’, and can be traced as far as 15 kilometres if stolen

Zero 21 Renewable Energy Solutions, a startup in Hyderabad founded by ex-Tesla employee Rani Srinivas, makes affordable electric kits to convert old petrol/CNG autorickshaws in 3 hours.

Hyderabad-based Allox, co-founded by Mourya and Rajiv Reddy in 2016, claims to be India’s leading producer of carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), which is used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.

GoZero Mobility, an electric mobility venture founded in 2018, unveiled its ‘Switch’ campaign last month. It allows customers to exchange their conventional bicycles for a new GoZero e-bike.

EVage is a leading all-electric commercial vehicle OEM in India supplying EV trucks to major delivery fleets such as Amazon India’s Delivery Service Partner. It will soon launch their Model .X (point X), a one-tonne truck.

Statiq, founded by Akshit Bansal and Raghav Arora, operates over 600 charging stations spread across more than 40 cities. The Delhi-NCR-based ‘tech-first startup’ has an app that allows you to find your nearest charging station.

Experts argue that transitioning from lithium-ion batteries to sodium-ion batteries would make electric vehicles “cheaper than IC-engine vehicles even without subsidies”. But how feasible is this?