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EV revolution in India still work in progress

To be sure, EV action is in motion all over the country and has gripped conglomerates and startups alike

Is it time for markets to settle down?

A sharp run up over the last 18 months may have priced in too much; Indian indices have been trading at far above historical valuations, with the Sensex and Nifty commanding a 24x multiple based on expected March 2022 earnings

How Tata Motors is making giant leaps in India's electric vehicle journey

Tata Motors has had an eventful few years—from scripting a turnaround and a 10% passenger car market share to readying itself for the EV revolution. Subscribe to Forbes India for early access to the cover story

Lohum Cleantech: Recycling EV batteries

Harvard Business School graduates and close friends Rajat Verma and Justin Lemmon are working on closing the supply chain loop in the electric vehicle market by reclaiming raw materials from lithium-ion batteries, and could go on to give a second-life to used batteries in the future

Ion Energy: Building the tech backbone for electric vehicles

Akhil Aryan and Alexandre Collet recognised a crucial gap in the Indian EV market and embarked upon building advanced electronics, battery management systems, and predictive analytics platforms especially for electric vehicles

Tata Motors: The phoenix building India's electric play

The Tata group company has in recent years scripted a fairytale turnaround to become India's third-largest carmaker. It has also quietly been powering up in the EV space. Will its first-mover advantage pay off?

Okinawa to Gurugram: How the man behind Honda Activa built India's 2nd largest EV scooter brand

Jeetender Sharma travelled across India to understand customer niggles with EVs before setting shop in 2015. Now his company, Okinawa scooters is the second biggest EV scooter maker by volume

Can Ultraviolette Automotive deliver a high-performance EV motorcycle?

The Bengaluru based EV startup will launch the commercial version of its first all-electric performance bike soon, which the founders believe will beat the best of the petrol-powered motorcycles

Altigreen: Ex-Nasa engineer's purpose built EVs for India

Starting with fit-and-forget kits to convert any vehicle into a hybrid, Amitabh Saran's Altigreen Propulsion Labs is now a full EV OEM, with eyes on tapping the Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America markets

Yulu: Mobility-as-a-service made for India

The Western world talks about autonomous cars, Yulu customers can ride their own two-wheelers which provides mobility-as-a-service and ticks all the right boxes, cofounder Amit Gupta says

How banker-turned-investor Sameer Aggarwal is financing the EV revolution

Former HSBC banker Sameer Aggarwal has been a prime mover in financing electric rickshaws with RevFin. Will the gambit pay off?

The e-plane company: Will India's first air taxi be electric?

Incubated at IIT-Madras, the startup is founded by the institute's professor Satya Chakravarthy and his student Pranjal Mehta; the duo hope their electric flying cars can do last-mile delivery too

Hero MotoCorp is an EV laggard. Now Pawan Munjal wants it to dominate the market

Hero MotoCorp chairman and CEO Pawan Munjal is gearing up to enter and lead the two-wheeler EV market despite being a late entrant into a crowded field that includes competing against his nephew's company

How Sakshi Vij is melting electric hesitancy with Myles Zero

New technology, high cost of ownership, battery life and range are the three biggest factors driving EV adoption hesitancy. Myles Zero's EV subscription-only model aims to hit three targets with one plan

How Veritas Capital's Ramzi Musallam turned tragedy into the American dream

After the shock suicide of founder Robert McKeon, (now) billionaire Musallam convinced investors to take a bet on him, then the second-highest ranking executive in Veritas. Today, its assets have grown from a humble $2 billion to a whopping $36 billion

Covid-19's entrepreneur explosion: Why America will never go back to business as usual

High unemployment, the magnifying power of the web and fresh fintech financing are fuelling an eruption of startups not seen in decades

The Croesus of Crypto: How Sam Bankman-Fried built a $22.5 billion fortune without really believing in cryptocurrency

The FTX co-founder built his fortune before his 30th birthday by profiting from the cryptocurrency frenzy. Now, he just wants his wealth to survive long enough to give it all away

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