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Ask The Startup - Prabhjot Kaur of Esmito Solutions

2023-05-09 Interview/discussion Startups

Ask the Startup is a series of interviews launched as part of the CLIMAFIXSummit 2023, India's largest climate startup summit, Sep 22 & 23, co-organized with the THE ENERGY CONSORTIUM - IIT MADRAS.

The series interviews successful climate startup founders and gets their inputs and perspectives on many important & interesting aspects of their startup journey.

We are pleased to kick off this series with an interview with Prabhjot Kaur, co-founder of the e-mobility startup Esmito Solutions, a leading startup providing smart batteries and battery swap solutions for the Indian electric vehicle domain.

Here's Prabhjot in her own words... - https://www.climafix.in/blog/2023/05/06/ask-the-startup-prabhjot-kaur-of-esmito/

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Electric Mobility



Powering India's EV Future: An Inside Look at The Energy Company's Full-Stack Battery Solutions

2023-04-18 Case study Interview/discussion Startups

The Bengaluru-based startup has developed full-stack energy solutions for EVs, including a fast-charging battery pack and a freemium SaaS tool to monitor battery health and manage vehicle life cycles.

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Electric Mobility



Yulu Partners with Food Delivery Platform Zomato 

2023-04-03 Business opportunity Collaboration Startups

Yulu is an electric mobility platform to enable Integrated Urban Mobility across public and private modes of transport.

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Electric Mobility



Enigma unveils 4 new EV two-wheelers and a prototype electric car racer

2023-03-30 Product / solution launch Startups

Enigma Automobiles Private Limited, founded by Anmol Bohre and Alankrit Bohre, is an auto manufacturer in the Electric two-wheeler segment.

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Electric Mobility



Chennai

Aventose Energy releases a new electric scooter, namely S110

2023-03-27 Product / solution launch Startups

The scooter released by the chennai based startup comes with a torque of 156 Nm wheel and a maximum speed of 60 Kmph. 

 

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Electric Mobility



Surat

Surat-based startup, Vani Moto opens a "battery swapping centre,"

2023-03-27 Business opportunity Product / solution launch Startups

Drivers of electric rickshaws and tempos can swap batteries at the centre without having to wait for their vehicles to charge. 

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Electric Mobility



Odysse Electric Vehicles plans for setting up a second manufacturing facility

2023-03-21 Business opportunity Financing Startups

Odysse has electric two-wheelers for both B2C and B2B applications.

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Electric Mobility



Kabira Mobility raises $50 million funding from Qatar-based conglomerate Al-Abdulla Group

2023-03-18 Financing Startups

The company currently has an installed production capacity of 40,000 units a month at its Dharwad-based plant in Karnataka.
 

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Electric Mobility



VAAN Moto has launched two e-bike models, Urbansport and Urbansport Pro

2023-03-13 Business opportunity Product / solution launch Startups

VAAN Moto expands its footprint in India's growing EV market by launching two e-bike models in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh markets, focusing on environmentally sustainable products.

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Electric Mobility



Altigreen is set to introduce a large passenger carrier next year to replace diesel three-wheelers used in district towns and villages

2023-03-02 Business opportunity Product / solution launch Startups

The company is testing a four-wheeler EV prototype for intra-city cargo transportation.
 

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Electric Mobility



Electric cab service company Evera has raised $7 million from investors led by Germany's IEG Investment Banking Group

2023-03-02 Business opportunity Financing Startups

Evera has B2C and B2B offerings, with B2C customers largely coming from the airport category and the B2B customers being corporate companies that would want a pickup and drop facility for their employees.

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Electric Mobility



SUN Mobility showcased a lineup of innovative urban mobility products and solutions at the G20 Deep Tech Conference

2023-02-28 Contests & competitions Startups

The company's smart batteries are interoperable across all vehicles equipped with the SUN Mobility swapping technology.

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Electric Mobility



Surat-based electric vehicle startup’s Director, Mr. Tushar Chhabhaya talks about their upcoming product

2023-02-24 Interview/discussion Product / solution launch Startups

The high-speed bike, Commander, by Aarya Automobiles Ltd., will be introduced by the end of February 2023.

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Electric Mobility



EV startup River on launched its first electric two-wheeler model

2023-02-22 Financing Innovations Product / solution launch

The EV startup, backed by Lowercarbon Capital, Maniv Mobility, Toyota Ventures, has raised a total funding of $13 Mn till date

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Electric Mobility



Okaya has launched its newest model, the Faast F2F electric scooter

2023-02-22 Innovations Product / solution launch Startups

Keeping in view the low cost, with a top speed of 55 kilometers per hour (34 miles per hour), it's packing an 800-watt hub motor mated to a 2.2-kilowatt-hour battery pack. 

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Electric Mobility



Bounce Infinity to launch E1 Limited Edition Electric Scooter In India

2023-02-22 Product / solution launch Startups

E1 has a swappable 1.9 kWh battery that, according to the company, can be fully charged in four hours.

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Electric Mobility



Bhavish Aggrawal’s Ola Electric is set to invest a little over INR 7,600 Cr to set up manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu

2023-02-20 Product / solution launch Startups

The EV manufacturer plans to build two facilities – an advanced cell chemistry plant and a four-wheel EV plant.

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Electric Mobility



Ather Energy has installed over 1,000 fast-charging stations, Ather Grids, across 80 cities in India

2023-02-17 Product / solution launch Startups

The fast-charging stations enable EV owners to charge their vehicles up to 80% at 1.5 km/min. 

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Electric Mobility



EV startup FreshBus secures INR 26 Cr in seed funding from ixigo

2023-02-16 Financing Startups

Founded in 2019 by Sudhakar Reddy Chirra, FreshBus manages a full-stack platform for  noise-free electric buses.

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Mass Transit



Fyn Mobility, an integrated EV ecosystem platform, has partnered with Exponent Energy

2023-02-16 Collaboration Product / solution launch Startups

The partnership will serve to scale up fast charging EV fleet, and targets expansion to 6 cities

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Electric Mobility



Simple Energy to raise $15-20 million in its first institutional round

2023-02-14 Business opportunity Financing Startups

The electric vehicle startup recently opened its plant at Shoolagiri, Tamil Nadu, built with an initial investment of Rs 100 crore.

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Electric Mobility



Magenta Mobility has raised $40 million in its Series B funding

2023-02-13 Business opportunity Financing Startups

Magenta is a EV charging and mobility solutions company backed by HPCL and investors such as JITO Angel Network, LetsVenture, and Indian-American philanthropist, Dr Kiran Patel.

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Electric Mobility



Turno raises $13.8 million in its Series A funding round led by US-based venture capital firms B Capital and Quona Capital

2023-02-09 Financing Startups

The company’s new technology enhances the life-cycle of batteries and prolongs their usable life preventing toxic e-waste.

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Electric Mobility



Zypp Electric raises funds of USD 25-million under series B funding from investors, led by Gogoro

2023-02-08 Business opportunity Collaboration Financing

Gogoro and Zypp formed a strategic B2B partnership to accelerate the electric transformation of fleets and last mile deliveries in India.

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Electric Mobility



Vayve Mobility to launch solar-powered electric car Eva in the market in 2024

2023-02-08 Innovations Product / solution launch Startups

The car contains 150 watt solar panels on the sunroof that can give it 10-12 km of range everyday or 3,000 km a year.

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Electric Mobility



Pune-based Flash Electronics collaborates with Slovenia’s GEM Motors

2023-02-06 Collaboration Startups

Under the new partnership, both brands will manufacture hub motors in the range of 1kW to 15kW for application in various categories of electric vehicles.
 

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Low Carbon Trucking



BluSmart to expand business with two manufacturing units of its own

2023-02-06 Business opportunity Startups

BluSmart Mobility, is an Indian ride-sharing company, headquartered in Gurugram, India, founded by Anmol Singh Jaggi, Punit K Goyal and Puneet Singh Jaggi 

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Electric Mobility



Yulu bikes and Magna have gotten into a joint venture to launch Yuma Energy

2023-02-03 Collaboration Financing Startups

The company will offer ‘battery-as-a-service’ or, in other words, a swappable battery ecosystem for electric two-wheelers.

 

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Electric Mobility



EV battery startup Log9 has raised $40 Mn funding in its Series B round

2023-01-23 Financing Startups

The funding round, which was a mix of equity and debt, was led by Amara Raja Batteries Ltd and Petronas Ventures

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Electric Mobility



Jodhpur

Electric motorcycle from startup Devot debuts

2023-01-19 Product / solution launch Startups

That's a fairly powerful motorcycle from Jodhpur based Devot Motors - 9.5 kW motor, 200 Km range, 120 Km top speed

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Electric Mobility



15 min fast charging battery for 3 wheelers - Altigreen, in collaboration with energy startup Exponent Energy, has launched the neEV Tez

2023-01-16 Collaboration Startups

The neEV Tez features an 8.2kWh e^pack (battery pack), a proprietary battery by Exponent built using regular LFP (lithium ferro-phosphate) cell chemistry. The most prominent feature is of course the 15 minute fast charging option.

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Electric Mobility



Electric vehicle charging aggregator ElectricPe has closed a $5 Mn Pre-Series A funding round

2023-01-05 Financing Innovations Startups

ElectricPe will use the funds to deepen tech investments and scale operations.

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Electric Mobility



Eicher Motors to Acquire Stake in European Electric Motorcycle firm Start Motors

2022-12-30 Financing Innovations Product / solution launch

Stark Future, based in Barcelona, Spain recently launched a high performance electric motocross bike.

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Electric Mobility



Foxtini, an electric motor engineering start-up from New Delhi acquires a multimillion Euro deal

2022-12-28 Financing Startups

Electric Motor Startup Foxtini has acquired a multimillion Euro deal with Arihant s.r.l an Italian engineering company, based in Turin

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Electric Mobility



Bengaluru

Bullwork Mobility is developing autonomous electric vehicles for reducing operational cost for farmers

2022-12-08 Innovations Startups

The Bengaluru based startup develops smart, connected, and autonomous electric vehicles (EVs) for the agri sector.

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Electric Mobility



Ather Energy hires the former head of Tesla Inc.’s India policy division

2022-11-07 Business opportunity Policy Startups

Manoj Khurana was earlier Tesla’s Regional Policy & Business Development Head.

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Electric Mobility



EV Tech Start-up Matter Announces New Design Centre in Pune

2022-10-14 Product / solution launch Startups

The facility will have house digital and physical clay modelling labs, colours, materials, finishes, graphics and accessories labs, Human Machine Interaction (HMI) prototyping labs, VR modelling

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Electric Mobility



Entrackr has prepared a report on startups which are emerging or have achieved product market fit in India

2022-09-28 Product / solution launch Startups

As per data compiled by Entrackr's data tracking platform Fintrackr, nearly 43 startups in the EV mobility space have raised funds worth around $673 million in 2022.

 

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Electric Mobility



Bengauru

Pravaig Dynamics to Put India's first Electric Supercar on Roads by November 2022

2022-09-22 Innovations Product / solution launch Startups

Bengaluru startup to launch its first electric luxury car in November, having confirmed bookings of close to 1,000 units for its debut car.

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Electric Mobility



Pune

Startup Pi Green and Cummins sign clean air retrofit agreement

2022-08-17 Collaboration Innovations Startups

A filterless device, it is based on electrostatic precipitation for capturing particulate matter in emissions

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Low Carbon Cities



Startup Exponent Energy to scale 15-min rapid EV charging with $13 million funding

2022-08-17 Financing Innovations Startups

To scale up its EV network to 100 location points per city, starting with Bengaluru.

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Electric Mobility



Surat

EV Logistics Startup EVIFY Partners with Carbon Credit Advisory and Attains Carbon Neutrality

2022-08-04 Collaboration Financing Startups

EVIFY is an EV logistics startups for last-mile delivery. It has entered into a partnership with CREDUCE, a firm in climate change mitigation technologies and a global carbon credit advisory.

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Electric Mobility



Gensol to acquire majority stake in US based EV startup

2022-07-12 Financing Startups

The aim behind the acquisition appears to be to produce about 12,000 electric cars in India annually.

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Electric Mobility



Bengaluru

EV Startup Mecwin India To Set p Rs 50 Cr Manufacturing Plant In Bengaluru

2022-06-24 Product / solution launch Startups

The startup's plant will be for manufacturing EV motors and motor controllers

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Electric Mobility



Krishnagiri

Ola Electric provides sneak peek of upcoming e-car at customer event

2022-06-20 Product / solution launch Startups

The company plans to reveal further details about the e-car on August 15 and will provide information as to when customers can book the car, in another two months’ time

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Electric Mobility



Electric Rickshaw Startup Oye! Rickshaw Charges Ahead In India

2022-06-16 Case study Startups

A detailed news report from Forbes about Oye! Rickshaw, their product, technology and business model

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Electric Mobility



Bangalore

Micelio Mobility and NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore signed an MoU to help empower clean mobility startups in India

2022-06-15 Collaboration Financing Startups

Collaboration between Micelio Mobility and NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore will provide critical support to clean mobility startups.

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Electric Mobility



Pune

goEgoNetwork launches EV charging park in Pune

2022-06-14 Product / solution launch Startups

The Charging Park is equipped with goEgoNetwork’s Pelican EV charging station that has a capacity of 60kW capable of charging 4-wheeler EVs to 80% in just 45-60 minutes

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Electric Mobility



ABB acquires controlling stake in EV charging startup Numocity

2022-05-25 Startups

Numocity provides electric vehicle charging solutions, current investors Ideaspring Capital and Rebright Pte to exit the company 

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Electric Mobility



Pune

iVOOMi Energy two Made in India Electric Scooter models

2022-03-22 Product / solution launch Startups

The newly-launched electric scooters cater to the needs of Indian customers who are early adopters and also wish for world-class technology for daily commuting on highways and traffic-induced roads

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Electric Mobility



Kerala

This Man’s Solar Boats Save Rs 25 Lakhs & 92 Tonnes of Carbon Emissions Every Year

2021-12-10 Innovations Interview/discussion Video

The award-winning founder-CEO of Navalt Solar and Electric Boats, Sandith Thandasherry is the man behind India’s first solar ferry. Brief article, but contains an interesting video with snippets from Sandith

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Low Carbon Marine Transport