Large storms always start with small disturbances. All we need is for a few small wind turbulences to align, and they turn into havoc pretty quickly. The same is the case with bushfires. All it takes is a careless spark, followed by inflammable material, then dry stuff (also called more inflammable...
Electric mobility is expensive because we are at the start of the journey. Scaling up takes time. At the same time, we are competing against a mature technology that has had more than a century to streamline its efforts, optimise costs, and drive up scale. Understandably, electric vehicles have high...
Global electric two-wheeler brands that promise to stretch the product or technology envelopes are like cult movies. They failed when they needed to work. But once they died, everyone remembers them fondly. They have more fans than customers, and that's a pity. Everyone loves a back-from-the-dead story. A story that presumably...
The Honda Grom is a funny motorcycle, if one can call it a motorcycle, that is. With 12" wheels, it has the stature of a scooter. With a 30" saddle height, it can be a reasonable steed for riders of all heights under 6'1". Before woke became fashionable, the Grom...
Over the last two weeks, we have been analysing why there is no electric two-wheeler brand to rival Tesla's success in the electric car market. Almost all brands are geographically constrained and limited by the lack of a technological edge or financial strength. We also checked what may provide an...
This post has been edited and republished on 7th Jul 2025. In the original post, the weight specifications of the Matter Aera and the Raptee.HV was wrongly published. The error is regretted, and we have edited and re-published the post. The electric superbike is still an unattainable holy grail as the...
Last week, we pondered why there is no Tesla-level success story in the electric two-wheeler space. There are popular brands in individual markets, but none of them has created a significant technology edge or a global distribution network. What worked for Tesla in its early years was the edge it created...
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Stark Future is rather unique. It makes one of the most capable electric motocrossers in the Varg. Stark is also one of the most profitable electric two-wheeler startups around. The company has announced that it has closed an undisclosed investment round. No numbers have been revealed, though they said that the...
Pierer Mobility AG is the holding company for KTM AG, the motorcycle manufacturer. Pierer Mobility has other business areas as well, like financing and components manufacturing, but KTM AG is by far the biggest business area for the group. For this analysis, I would frequently interchange KTM and Pierer throughout...
Delhi-based and IIT Delhi-incubated EV-as-a-service company Alt-Mobility has raised an undisclosed amount of capital from Beyond Capital Ventures. This is the company's fifth capital raise, the last one being a USD 10 million round raised in November 2024 from VC firm Eurazeo. Alt-mobility also counts Pitchright Ventures, Ev2 Ventures, Shell Ventures,...
Vietnam is quickly maturing as an electric vehicle market, and the future will see four major brands - Honda, Pega, Vinfast, and Yadea - competing, even as many smaller brands remain in the fray. Yadea has announced that it will invest up to USD 100 million in the Vietnamese market. Much...
TVS Divests Stake in Ion Mobility India-headquartered TVS Motor has informed through an exchange filing that it has divested its stake in Singapore-based ION Energy. At the same time, the company has acquired some assets from ION for a cash consideration of ION for a cash consideration of USD 1.75m. The assets...
Large storms always start with small disturbances. All we need is for a few small wind turbulences to align, and they turn into havoc pretty quickly. The same is the case with bushfires. All it takes is a careless spark, followed by inflammable material, then dry stuff (also called more inflammable...
Kofa was an early starter in co-developing a motorcycle targeting African urban centres and Boda operators. The Jidi, co-developed with Chinese manufacturer TailG, is distinctively modern compared to the motorcycles deployed by other players like Spiro, Roam, or Ampersand. TailG Jidi is more modern-looking than the other motorcycles deployed in Africa The...
This interview is lightly edited for clarity and length. Michael Spencer is a serial entrepreneur who recently spent four years ramping up Model 3 and Model Y production and scaling the supercharger and energy businesses at Tesla. Zeno is launching a sport utility electric motorcycle, a portable/swappable flexible-use battery, and a charging-plus-battery...
USD 7.5bn! It’s always good to start with a chunky number. They work when we are trying to drum up interest in a market racists call the ‘Dark Continent.’ We always thought that when it came to a market for E2Ws, there was a sliver of light within the darkness of...
Quick question: Which geography has the highest battery swaps daily after Taiwan and China? It is Africa, and that’s a big story, considering the image most people in the rest of the world have of the continent. An electric revolution is happening, most of it under the radar, and many of...
Greetings and welcome back to the InsightEV Weekender. Here, I like to focus on things beyond what we covered during the week. I didn't show up for the last two weeks because there was nothing much to chirp about. Also, I have been busy editing a fairly big report that...
Greetings and welcome back to the InsightEV Weekender. Here, I like to focus on things we did not cover during the week. Stark Shows What is Possible ...when you do things right, that is. This week was all about Spain-based Stark Future's quarterly results. For Q2 2025, the Barcelona-based company reported revenue...
Greetings and welcome back to the InsightEV Weekender. Here, I like to focus on things we did not cover during the week. If you miss the Weekender on certain weekends, it means we did not publish—it is because there was nothing noteworthy that I should send to distract you from...
Greetings and welcome back to the InsightEV Weekender. Here, I like to focus on things we did not cover during the week. Another Week, Another Spellbinding Design Infinite Machine, the New York-based electric scooter manufacturer of the P1, a scooter for the fashionistas, has unveiled the Olto. It looks like a...
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