1. Ampere achieves a major milestone.

Greaves Electric Mobility announced that it has crossed the 2 lakh unit sales mark in India. The company’s Ampere brand of electric two-wheelers have been received very well by consumers. Ampere had crossed the 1 lakh unit sales mark last year.

Greaves Electric Mobility is planning to introduce exciting schemes (including finance schemes) to celebrate this major milestone in their quest to ‘Make Har Gully Electric’ in India.

2. Oben Electric starts deliveries.

Bengaluru-based electric motorcycle manufacturing startup Oben Electric delivered the first 25 units of its performance electric motorcycle ‘Oben Rorr’ at an event at its Jigani-based plant. The company has also opened its first showroom at Bengaluru’s HSR Layout. Oben has plans to open many more such ‘experience centres’ throughout India.

The Oben Rorr is Oben Electric’s first electric motorcycle. It sports a 4.4 kWh LFP battery pack which gives a range of 187 km. The battery is IP67 rated. The bike has a top speed of 100 km/hr. It has been priced at Rs 1.50 lakh.

3. Minda wins contract to manufacture EV chargers.

Automotive component manufacturing company Minda Corporation, has been awarded a contract worth Rs 750 crore from a major automobile company to produce battery chargers for EVs. The company announced that the chargers will be manufactured at its subsidiary Spark Minda’s plant situated in Pune. The identity of the company which has awarded the contract to Minda remains undisclosed.

Minda Corp also stated that EVs accounted for 20% of the company’s total orders in the last financial year.

4. Fortum’s Indian operations rebranded as Glida.

Fortum Charge & Drive India has been rebranded as Glida. The EV charging infrastructure player has also introduced a new logo. The Finland Government-backed Fortum Charge & Drive India (which will now be known as Glida), also announced plans to install 3000 electric vehicle charging points across the country by March 2025. The company currently has 450 charging points in 15 states, with majority of them in Delhi NCR and Hyderabad. At present, most of Fortum's charging points are in cities. The company plans to evenly distribute its chargers between cities and highways by 2030.

Fortum India designs, deploys and operates EV charging stations. The stations have charging options such as CCS, CHAdeMO and DC 001, which can be accessed via an interoperable prepaid card. The company’s charging infrastructure is laden with intelligent charging algorithms, remote monitoring and user-friendly interface. With these features, ‘Glida’ aims to provide EV users maximum ease & convenience.

5. Tesla’s India plans gather momentum.

According to sources, Tesla has commenced discussions with the Indian government for an investment proposal to set up an electric car factory in the country. Apparently, the company will also be looking to use India as an export base for Southeast Asian countries. It is all but safe to say now that Tesla is more likely to set up a unit in India rather than just importing electric cars for sale.

Globally, Tesla’s cheapest electric car at the moment is Model 3, which costs USD 32,740 (roughly equals INR 30 lakhs).

But there are talks of the company working on an even cheaper (and smaller) car with starting prices as low as INR 20 lakh.

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