By Kinjal Shah, Senior Vice President and Co-Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA Limited Over the years, the Indian commercial vehicle (CV) industry has transformed across multiple dimensions, driven by regulatory interventions, evolving customer needs and the growing policy thrust on cleaner mobility. Regulatory changes, ranging from emission norms and axle load revisions to requirements related to […]
Continue Reading
By Dr. N. Karuppaiah, Senior Project Advisor, Centre of Excellence in Advanced Automotive Research (CAAR), IIT Madras India faces several systemic hurdles. The talent gap is significant, with fewer PhD-level researchers in automotive engineering compared to global peers. India’s automotive industry is at a strategic inflection point. Already the world’s third-largest automobile market, producing over […]
Continue Reading
By Ashim Sharma, Senior Partner & Group Head, NRI Consulting & Solutions India India’s automotive sector is undergoing a major transition as we rapidly approach a vehicle parc of 10 million Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The BEV parc has grown by 57% CAGR from 2020, enabled by the expansion of charging infrastructure and strong policy […]
Continue Reading
By Mahesh Babu, Managing Director, Olectra Greentech Limited The Next Chapter in India’s Mobility Story India’s mobility story has long been driven by road transport, with buses forming the backbone of the nation’s public transportation system. Every day, an estimated 40 crore passenger journeys are made through public and private bus networks, connecting people to […]
Continue Reading
By Vishwas Shankar, Vice President & Nachiket Devasthale, Senior Consultant, Mobility Growth Advisory, Frost & Sullivan India’s commercial vehicle (CV) industry has been anchored in diesel-led operating economics for decades. Vehicle value has traditionally been defined by uptime and payload, with limited emphasis on emissions. For most of that time, electric mobility sat somewhere between […]
Continue Reading
By Abhilash Maurya, CoFounder and CEO, Naxatra Labs India’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is at a pivotal moment. Over the past few years, the country has made significant progress in EV adoption, supported by policy initiatives, growing consumer awareness, and increasing investments across the mobility value chain. However, while the conversation around electric mobility often […]
Continue Reading
By Sanjay Gupta,AGM – Plant Head, Safeli (Kakkar Smart Energy) Whenever we discuss India’s electric vehicle revolution, the focus is usually on EV sales, charging stations, battery range, or government incentives. These are undoubtedly important aspects of the transition. However, having worked closely with lithium-ion batteries, telecom power solutions, Energy Storage Systems (ESS), Battery Energy […]
Continue Reading
By Bharath Krishna Rao – CEO & Co-founder, Emobi Why India’s EV Aftermarket Needs a Circular Economy India’s electric vehicle story is often told through sales numbers, new launches, charging networks and policy incentives. But the more important question is now beginning to emerge: what happens after an EV is sold? As millions of electric […]
Continue Reading
By Kollu Nandakumar, Director, Head of Hardware & Software Integration, Elektrobit Middleware development for commercial vehicles presents a set of engineering challenges that are structurally different from those encountered in passenger vehicle programmes. The differences are not matters of degree, but of kind. Two forces define this distinction: the significantly longer operational lifecycles of commercial […]
Continue Reading
By Bharath Krishna Rao CEO & Co – Founder, Emobi India’s transition to electric mobility is no longer a distant initiative; it is unfolding on city streets, in small towns, and across highways. Over the past few years, electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers have moved from being niche products to everyday transport choices. In 2023 alone, […]
Continue Reading