Everything we have published till date
Heritage machines are never about numbers. Riders seek an emotional connection with them. So if a new brand focuses on industrial design to get eyeballs and target that emotional connection, more power to them. Also, that may be a good template for electric motorcycle manufacturers to follow.
How fast can a nascent market get crowded? We see that happening already with many startups developing electric motocrossers. Agreed that this is a promising format but overcrowding always means some will sink.
The motocrosser/trial format is the best fit for electric powertrains. You need high torque, yet ride shorter distances and for shorter time-periods. A perfect match, but are we overdoing it?
With revenues from battery swapping growing while those from vehicle sales declining, Gogoro may have a problem with the wrong business model. This creates a situation where the brand is bigger than the business
Not everyone gets treated equally, or fairly, and that is a reality. The global equity markets are rewarding the potential future than fundamentals.
At one time, SPACs and listing on Nasdaq was a great eventual target that urban electric mobility companies worked towards. The tide has changed and no one seems to be doing well. In the second part of this series, we try to decipher why E2W stocks are sinking?
India-based Ola Electric is coming with an IPO. We take a look at how the previously listed E2W manufacturers have done across the world. None seems to be thriving.
As ICE motorcycles embrace electronics, sensors, and rider-aids, it is becoming easier for new riders to handle speed. The various automatic transmissions entering the market further dumb down motorcycles. The motorcycling world may not realise but they are taking ICE closer to EVs
With more highly populated African countries enhancing power generation and cleaning up their grids, electric mobility is finding a natural fit against high-cost oil. The BodaBodas open a huge market, potentially worth USD 7.5 bn
Often, in the haste to go electric, we force-fit electric mobility to the ecosystem. However, it should be the other way around, and the ecosystem should dictate the suitability of electric mobility. Once we do things the right way, Africa emerges as an unexpected shining star for E2Ws
The incumbents are reluctant and everyone else is not getting anywhere with large lifestyle electric motorcycles? What makes the equation so impossible? Is it just technology challenges compounded by half-hearted efforts or are we trying to force fit things before the core technology matures?
Freedom on two-wheels does not translate well beyond a certain motor power and battery capacity thresholds when it comes to electric. (Un)Surprisingly, large electric motorcycles are slower, heavier, and compromised