Webinars

Objective of the Webinar: The objective of this webinar was to examine how ready India’s EV charging ecosystem is to scale, not just in terms of technology, but also from the lenses of manufacturing capacity, deployment realities, utilisation, grid integration, standards, and commercial viability. By bringing together perspectives from charger manufacturing, charging network operations, and […]

As the EV sector accelerates- from startups building next-gen drivetrains to legacy OEMs pivoting to electrification- investors are pouring capital into technologies that promise scale, sustainability, and disruption. Yet, beneath the surface of pitch decks and glossy prototypes lies a critical layer often overlooked: Technical Due Diligence (TDD) TDD is not just a checkbox-it’s a […]

OUR SPEAKERS Retrofitting electric vehicles (EVs) presents a compelling opportunity to accelerate the transition towards sustainable transportation worldwide. Globally, as countries set ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions, retrofitting offers a viable solution to upgrade existing internal combustion engine vehicles. It not only extends the lifespan of these vehicles but also significantly reduces their environmental […]

Our Experts: Rahul Bagdia – Chairman and MD, pManifoldBarsha Paul – e-mobility and ZET Expert, pManifoldYuvraj Sarda – Head, e-Mobility solutions, Volvo GroupAshish Kulkarni– Mining Head, Dalmia Cements LimitedRaghavendra Mysore – Co-founder, MOOEV technologies Challenges in the mining- Availability of the mineral (Minerals present at greater depths) Operational costs Fuel prices rising up Operational challenges Underground emissions affecting health’s of the works […]

Governments have been obliged to transition to green transportation as a result of ongoing concerns about global warming and rising CO2 emissions, which has fuelled demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Since e-Bus are more efficient and cost less to operate than traditional buses, countries all over the world are testing out e-Bus adoption through pilot […]

Globally, countries are attempting e-Bus adoption through pilots and some of the countries have already achieved scale in e-Bus operations. Today, the cost of an e-bus is three to four times higher than their ICE counterpart. Additionally, the local supply chain for e-buses is also missing in most parts of the globe. To achieve higher […]

The electric vehicles (EV) market is growing rapidly all over the world. In India, the EV market has gained significant momentum at the present time. Approximately 2% of total 2-wheeler sales 2021-22 were electric. A whopping 46% of 3-wheeler sold were also electric. As of today, the number of e-2-wheeler and e-3-wheeler on-road are around […]

The global market for truck-based freight transportis estimated to grow by greater than 4% from current 4.2 Trillion USD to 5.5 Trillion USD by 2030. It is expected there will be 4 million trucks by 2030. Trucks account for 18% world’s freight transportation and 40% CO2 emissions of road transport. Due to almost complete dependency on […]

Most ship/boat fleets today emit high toxic gases and particulates equivalent to multi-million cars. Due to the need to reduce local pollution of NOx, SOx and particulate matter, many vessel operators have mainly turned to low-sulphur fuels such as methanol and LNG, as well as invested in scrubbers to clean tail-pipe gases before they are […]

Electric Vehicles (EVs), the future of mobility, is generally considered only an urban phenomenon. A number of factors have led to this interpretation like higher upfront costs of EVs, lower financing credibility of the rural region, lack of required strong grid infrastructure, insignificant emission density of the rural regions thus lacking motivation for EV uptake […]

Global vehicle sales projections – going from the most pessimistic to most optimistic estimates – indicate between 50 to 150 million EVs will be sold by 2030. Within next 10 years, EVs expected to outsell gasoline vehicles in most markets. Even in India, EV sales for 2 and 4 wheelers grew by 20 per cent […]

The global unfolding of COVID-19 pandemic has left many individuals and communities filled with concern and brought nations to their knees.The International Copper Association (ICA) stands with its members as they focus on the health, safety and well-being of their employees, their families and the communities in which they operate. We are witnessing the catastrophic […]

India’s national EV policy FAME II scheme was launched in Apr 2019 with a target to support over 1.5 million EVs through a financial incentive package of INR 10,000 Crores. Till Feb 2020, the scheme supported 14,160 EVs with incentive disbursement of ~INR 50 Crores. DHI has also approved 2,636 charging stations in 62 cities […]

The global unfolding of COVID-19 pandemic has left many individuals and communities filled with concern and brought nations to their knees. The International Copper Association (ICA) stands with its members as they focus on the health, safety and well-being of their employees, their families and the communities in which they operate. We just saw the […]

e-Bus Adoption and Integration: Lessons from South Asia and Latin America Two forces are acting globally to increase e-Buses penetration for environmental and economic benefits they offer 1) New cities making efforts to drive first pilot deployments and 2) Cities with existing e-Buses are working to improve integration and operational efficiency and increasing e-Bus fleet […]

e-Buses Operations and Monitoring: Smart Planning, Scheduling and Charging India has seen some 600+ e-Buses pilot deployment in last 2 years with another 5,000+ expected in next 2-3 years. These first deployments in many of the STUs are helping establish some performance benchmarks to evaluate e-Buses further scale-up. The fuel cost opex reduction from e-Buses […]

e-Bus Adoption and Integration: Lessons from Europe and the Middle East Worldwide, public transport systems run predominantly on fossil fuels, leading to increased carbon emissions, growing concerns over urban air quality and contributing to growing high fuel imports. The clean public transportation, especially transition to the electric bus (or e-Bus), is expected to not only […]

Basics of e Buses The Relevance and Possibilities India is witnessing rapid urbanization which has led to a tremendous increase in demand for transport and other basic services. By 2025, 46% of Indians will live in cities with more than 1 million people, and by 2030, the number of cities with populations of more than […]

Electric 2 Wheeler Battery Swapping Rise in Commercial Fleet India is the biggest 2W market in the world (FY 2018-19 =highest 2W sale of 21MM units). This boom is supported by an increase in purchase capacity, changed perception around mobility, a rising number of female riders & increased demand from the semi-urban area. E-commerce delivery […]

ICA Webinar Series 2020 | e Bus Planning and Overall System Optimization: India Landscape India has a target of some 5,500+ e-Buses procured under GOI FAME-II initiative, with a max public fleet size of 300 nos. of e-Buses with a single STU. This will form some 3% mix of overall STU ICE fleet nos. today. […]

Retrofitting ICEs into EVs – Economics vs Performance for high adoption in India Mobility is changing rapidly, and electric vehicles are proliferating globally. Government has formulated policy, infrastructure and business models for faster adoption of EVs. The uptake of privately owned EVs is encouraged while business models for charging stations vary, as they are deployed […]

What could be scalable sanitation model for India? India is home to 47% of world population practicing open defecation (OD). This fares poorer compared to other similar or even lower income countries, like Bangladesh. By one estimate, some 22 million HHs in urban and some 80 million HHs in rural need toilets. The OD rates […]

This webinar brings experts to share their experience on following topics: India is aiming Big for its EV adoption roadmap, with some earlier Govt. targets suggesting 100% new sales to be EVs across vehicle segments by 2030. This would make some 30%+ vehicles on-road electric (approx. 200+ million EVs) in India by 2030, requiring some […]

Electric 3-Wheeler Fleet: New Emerging Market Segment in India 3-Wheelers (3W) form typical 1-2% of overall city vehicle stocks for most cities in India, and act as an important public mass transport mode. With increasing urbanization, more focus on Transit Orient Development (TOD) and strengthening public transit systems including new Metro rails etc. the importance […]

Power Requirement for EV Charging Stations and Impact on Grid for High Scale Adoption Rahul Bagdia from pManifold was Speaker for APQI organised Webinar “Power Requirement for EV Charging Stations and Impact on Grid for High Scale Adoption”. pManifold is also NSN Partner to APQI and believe and support improving PQ ecosystem in India. This […]

EVs Battery System Design: Pack Assembly, Thermal Management, BMS & Integration Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) take up ~40-50% cost of EVs, with its approx. one-third cost in materials, one-third in battery pack and last one-third in BMS. India is projected to have ~200 million EVs by 2030 on road, with then estimated cumulative ~1000 GWh LIBs […]

India has some 52 STUs/SPVs operating with some 1.47 lacs bus stock (till FY 2015-16). Out of this total stock, rural share is 80%, urban is some 17% and hilly region is 3%. In the same year, ~7,250 new buses were annually added with 85% market share between only two companies. In the same year, […]

LIB Reuse and Recycling – Creating Secondary Market for Batteries in India? Today 40-60% of EV cost comes from LIBs. If there can be a fluid secondary market for scrap batteries (derived from second life use and recycling), then there will be certainty in resell value for LIBs, which will then allow building the right […]

DT Life cycle Management: Challenges and Best practices with Indian Discoms The high monetary value of a transformer has placed the transformer life-time optimization into the focus of asset management. Distribution Transformer (DT) is one of most important and high CAPEX assets for DISCOMs. For overall DISCOM viability, it is important that each individual DT […]

Understanding EV customers: What is required to increase EV adoption in Indian cities? India downsize its 100% new sales target for Electric Vehicles (EVs) to 30% by year 2030. Achieving this revised target will not be easy journey, and specially so with big democracy and diverse country it is. The diversity at city level is […]

EV Sales Mantra: Outlook by EV Dealers India is aiming to lead EV race with the latest push in the budget. The government have set a target to reach a 30% sales share for EVs by 2030. To practically achieve this target, the market will need a commitment of EV-friendly policies, consumer awareness, vehicle charging […]