Humans Of EV

Humans Of EV Humans Of EV aims to bring together all members of the EV chain to make EV easier for all.

14/08/2026

The next EV battle may not be about range or battery size.

It could be about how smart the scooter feels after you bring it home.

Ampere's upgraded Magnus G Max keeps its core hardware largely familiar, but adds the NxG.io software platform with 30+ connected features, including navigation, cruise control, hill-hold assist, Find My Scooter and Ping My Scooter.

For family-oriented EVs, that shift is interesting.

Because convenience, connectivity and ease of ownership can matter just as much as performance.

HEV's Take: As EV hardware becomes more competitive, software could become the next big differentiator.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. โšกWe are delighted to announce that ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐• ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ for ...
14/08/2026

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. โšก

We are delighted to announce that ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐• ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ for Indiaโ€™s First Auto Loan & Leasing FinX Banking Conclave, powered by Park+, taking place on ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 19 ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ข.

India's electric mobility transition is about much more than vehicles and technology. ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

As the ecosystem evolves, conversations around:

๐Ÿ”น EV financing
๐Ÿ”น Auto lending and leasing
๐Ÿ”น New ownership models
๐Ÿ”น Residual value and risk assessment
๐Ÿ”น Access to affordable capital

will become increasingly important in determining how quickly electric mobility scales across India.

That is why we are excited to bring the EV Mobility, Auto Finance, and Industry Media ecosystems together on one platform.

Our Founder, Dr. Lalit Singh, will also share his insights on โ€œ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.โ€

At Humans of EV, we have always believed that building the future of mobility requires conversations beyond the vehicle itself. It requires innovators, manufacturers, policymakers, investors, financial institutions and industry stakeholders to come together and solve the ecosystem's biggest challenges.

We look forward to being part of this important conversation in Mumbai.

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐— ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž 2026.

๐๐ข๐ค๐ž๐–๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐„๐• ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌBikeWo Green Tech has signed a ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐›๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐” with Hala Mob...
14/08/2026

๐๐ข๐ค๐ž๐–๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐„๐• ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ

BikeWo Green Tech has signed a ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐›๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐” with Hala Mobility to explore the deployment and management of electric vehicle fleets, with an initial proposed deployment of around ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐„๐•๐ฌ. The companies have outlined a strategic roadmap to potentially scale the fleet to around ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ over the next three years, subject to operational performance, commercial viability, definitive agreements and required approvals.

The first phase will focus on establishing a scalable operating model covering ๐„๐• ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and day-to-day operational requirements. Insights from this phase will determine the pace and scope of future expansion. Beyond vehicle deployment, BikeWo and Hala Mobility plan to explore opportunities across ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, technology platforms, maintenance and servicing, enterprise mobility and logistics.

The partnership therefore goes beyond simply adding EVs to a fleet. The companies are looking at building an ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ covering vehicles, operations, energy infrastructure and technology.
BikeWo says the proposed expansion could also extend into new geographies, vehicle categories and customer segments as the partnership develops.

๐‡๐„๐•'๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

The interesting part is the move toward an EV fleet as an ecosystem model. But with the MoU being non-binding, the real story will be whether the initial 1,000-vehicle phase proves commercially viable enough to justify the 10,000-vehicle ambition.

Can fleet management, charging and leasing come together to make large-scale EV deployment more commercially viable?

FleetManagement

๐„๐Š๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐• ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐EKA Mobility has partnered with Stellar...
13/08/2026

๐„๐Š๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐• ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐

EKA Mobility has partnered with Stellar Mobility to open its first ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, strengthening its sales, distribution and after-sales network across Northern India. Located in Bhauti, Chakarpur, the dealership will offer EKAโ€™s complete ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ portfolio from electric three-wheelers and ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ“-๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž small commercial vehicles to electric buses and the ๐„๐Š๐€ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐“ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค.

The facility is designed as a fully integrated ๐Ÿ‘๐’ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโ€”๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ with trained technicians, dedicated workshop facilities and after-sales support for commercial EV customers. The dealership will also use EKAโ€™s ๐€๐ˆ-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐Š๐€ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ platform to support fleet management and vehicle uptime.
For Stellar Mobility, the partnership brings EKAโ€™s growing commercial EV portfolio closer to individual operators and fleet owners in one of Uttar Pradeshโ€™s major business and logistics markets.

EKA is targeting ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ+ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐…๐˜๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, signalling an aggressive push to build the physical infrastructure needed to support commercial EV adoption. The company currently operates three manufacturing facilities and is developing a new ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•-๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž facility at Pithampur. Its planned manufacturing capacity across facilities is expected to reach ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐’๐‚๐•๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ’,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ annually.

๐‡๐„๐•'๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

For commercial EVs, building the vehicle is only half the equation. Sales, services, spare and uptime are critical for fleet adoption. EKAโ€™s dealership expansion shows the company is building that ecosystem alongside its product portfolio.

Can EKAโ€™s expanding retail and service network help accelerate commercial EV adoption across India?

๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ $๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐• ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽYulu has raised ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in its Series C funding ro...
13/08/2026

๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ $๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐• ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ

Yulu has raised ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in its Series C funding round, the largest funding round in the companyโ€™s history, as it looks to significantly expand its role in Indiaโ€™s electric last-mile and hyper-local delivery ecosystem. The round includes ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ led by GEF Capital Partners and another ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐›๐ญ.

Yulu plans to use the capital to ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ within two years, expand its service hubs and deepen partnerships with enterprise customers. The company is also preparing to launch ๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, a high-payload electric scooter designed specifically for e-commerce and delivery applications. This expands Yuluโ€™s focus beyond passenger mobility toward purpose-built commercial EVs for urban logistics.

Yulu says its business has shown significant financial progress since its Series B in 2022, with revenue projected to increase ๐Ÿ•๐ฑ between FY2023 and FY2026 and positive EBITDA maintained since April 2025. Its existing fleet is already playing a role in urban delivery operations, recording around ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐จ-๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ and supporting more than ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. The company also estimates that its operations reduce around ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ค๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐Žโ‚‚ emissions every month.

๐‡๐„๐•'๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

Yuluโ€™s funding is a strong signal that investors are increasingly looking at EV mobility through the lens of unit economics and real world utilisation not just vehicle volumes.

The next challenge will be executing a fourfold fleet expansion while maintaining utilisation, reliability and positive economics.

Can Yuluโ€™s model become one of the foundations of Indiaโ€™s electric urban logistics ecosystem?

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๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?For commercial fleet operators, the EV transition is increas...
13/08/2026

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?

For commercial fleet operators, the EV transition is increasingly becoming less about the purchase price and more about one question: ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž?

According to Tata Motors Managing Director and CEO Girish Wagh, electric vehicle pe*******on in the company's ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ 10%. And ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐๐† ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ are helping strengthen the economics further.

As conventional fuel prices rise, Tata Motors says electric commercial vehicles are reaching total cost of ownership parity earlier in their operating life, making them more attractive for fleet operators. The company is already seeing significant growth in demand for smaller E-CVs, while enquiries around electrifying light, intermediate and heavy commercial vehicle fleets are also increasing.

The shift is also moving beyond India's largest cities. Tata Motors says demand for its electric small commercial vehicles is increasingly emerging from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns as charging infrastructure expands.

๐—›๐—˜๐—ฉโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

This could be one of the most important signals for India's commercial EV market. Commercial buyers are fundamentally driven by economics. They care about utilisation, running costs, downtime, financing and the payback period. As diesel and CNG prices rise, the point at which an EV recovers its higher upfront cost moves earlier, improving the business case without the OEM necessarily having to cut vehicle prices.

The close-to-10% EV pe*******on in Tata Motors' SCV pickup segment is therefore worth watching. It suggests that electrification is beginning to move beyond pilots and early adopters in applications where daily utilisation makes the TCO proposition compelling.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปIndia wants to accelerate electric com...
13/08/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

India wants to accelerate electric commercial vehicle adoption. But as electric trucks move into heavier freight applications, a new question is emerging: ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š?

Tata Motors has flagged what it calls an โ€œ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒโ€ in the ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ structure for electric tractor units used with semi-trailers. According to Managing Director and CEO Girish Wagh, these electric truck tractors currently attract a basic ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 10%, and Tata Motors has raised the issue with the government through SIAM. The Ministry of Heavy Industries has also taken up the matter with the Ministry of Finance.

The company has not specified what revised tariff it is seeking. But its broader argument is clear: policy should support not only EV adoption, but also local engineering and the development of a vertically integrated electric CV ecosystem.

๐—›๐—˜๐—ฉโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

This is bigger than a debate over one tariff. It highlights a potential tension at the heart of Indiaโ€™s EV strategy. Low import barriers can help bring new technology into the market quickly, but domestic OEMs investing in local platforms and manufacturing could argue that the long-term industry needs a policy framework that also rewards local engineering and value addition.

Girish Waghโ€™s comments are particularly significant because Tata Motors says its electric CV portfolio, from smaller cargo vehicles to a 55-tonne electric tractor, has been engineered in India. At the same time, the company is still facing supply-chain constraints around imported battery cells. That shows the challenge clearly: localising the final vehicle is only one part of the equation; building the underlying battery and component ecosystem is the harder, longer-term task.

12/08/2026

India isn't increasing the electric two-wheeler subsidy.

It's increasing the runway.

The PM E-DRIVE support for electric two-wheelers has been extended until March 31, 2028, with the segment's allocation rising to โ‚น2,767 crore.

But the incentive remains at โ‚น2,500/kWh, capped at โ‚น5,000 per vehicle or 15% of the ex-factory price, whichever is lower.
That distinction matters.
The government is giving the E2W industry more policy visibility, but not necessarily greater dependence on subsidies.

HEV's Take: The next phase of India's EV growth will be about building products and businesses that can compete even when incentives become less important.

๐๐†๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ก ๐„๐• ๐’๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ค๐ฆ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐…๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒBGAUSS has launched the ๐Ž๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ก, a new electric...
12/08/2026

๐๐†๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ก ๐„๐• ๐’๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ค๐ฆ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐…๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ

BGAUSS has launched the ๐Ž๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ก, a new electric scooter aimed at ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐„๐• ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, marking the companyโ€™s entry into a dedicated EV Pop scooter segment. The Oowah is powered by a ๐Ÿ‘.๐ŸŽ๐ค๐–๐ก ๐‚๐€๐-๐ž๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐…๐ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ and delivers an ๐€๐‘๐€๐ˆ-๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ค๐ฆ. The removable battery is designed to allow users to charge indoors, making the scooter more accessible for customers without dedicated home charging facilities.

The scooter comes with features including ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, distance-to-empty display, side-stand sensor, USB charging, full-LED lighting and under-seat storage, focusing on everyday urban usability. The Oowah is available in four colour options Emerald Shadow, Jamun Punch, Zesty Red and Tangy Tomawith BGauss positioning the model around styling and urban commuting.

The launch comes as Indiaโ€™s electric two-wheeler market continues to expand. According to BGauss, electric two-wheeler sales crossed ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ in the first seven months of 2026, while monthly EV two-wheeler pe*******on crossed ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ% for the first time. With Oowah, BGauss is expanding beyond its existing commuter and performance-oriented models and targeting a younger customer base entering the EV market for the first time.

๐‡๐„๐•'๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

The removable LFP battery is perhaps the most practical part of the proposition. For first-time EV buyers, charging convenience can matter as much as range. Removing the need for dedicated home charging could widen the addressable market.

As two-wheeler EV pe*******on rises, the bigger competition will be over affordability, convenience and everyday usability not just headline range.

Will removable batteries become a major advantage for EV scooters in urban India?

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๐Š๐ข๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฑ ๐€๐๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐žKia Indiaโ€™s Carens Clavis EV has cros...
12/08/2026

๐Š๐ข๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฑ ๐€๐๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž

Kia Indiaโ€™s Carens Clavis EV has crossed ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ since its launch in July 2025, highlighting the growing role of fleet operators in Indiaโ€™s EV adoption. Adding to this momentum, Kia India has announced a ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ Refex Mobility, with the first batch handed over at a ceremony attended by Kia India leadership.

The partnership brings together ๐Š๐ข๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฑ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, enabling enterprises to integrate electric vehicles into their everyday transportation requirements. For corporate fleets, the Carens Clavis EV offers a combination of ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ that can be relevant for intensive daily operations. Fleet operators can also benefit from the potential operating-cost advantages of electric mobility when vehicles are utilised consistently.

For Refex Mobility, the deployment strengthens its position in providing ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐• ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to enterprises. The company says the Carens Clavis EVโ€™s space, comfort and electric efficiency make it suitable for everyday fleet operations while supporting zero-emission corporate mobility. The collaboration also demonstrates how OEMs and fleet platforms can work together to move EV adoption beyond individual consumers and into higher-utilisation commercial applications.

๐‡๐„๐•'๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:

Corporate fleets can become one of the strongest growth channels for EV adoption because vehicles operate frequently and predictably, making the economics easier to evaluate.

Kia brings the vehicle; Refex brings the fleet ecosystem. The real opportunity lies in combining both with reliable charging and efficient fleet management.

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