Electric Mobility Platform Kazam Raises US$3.6 Million, APSRTC Launches 12 New Electric Buses On Tirupati To Kadapa Route, And Much More...

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and Lohum Cleantech, one of India’s largest producers of sustainable energy transition materials, have announced a strategic partnership for R&D collaboration in sustainability and other core areas. Under the partnership, Professor Kanwar Singh Nalwa from the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering at IIT Kanpur will lead the team to work together with Lohum on projects focused on advancing Lithium-ion battery testing technology and techniques for battery raw material quality evaluation.

Kazam , an #electricmobility platform that is device-agnostic for Charge Point Operators and Fleet Operators as well as Electricity Grids has raised US$ 3.6 million from Avaana Climate Fund.?Third Derivative, Inflection Point Ventures, and We Founder Circle are also investors. The company is building its flagship EV Fuelling Platform and now aims at building a one-stop electric mobility software platform – digitising the whole value chain, from managing energy on the grid to fuelling EVs to managing a Fleet.

The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles or SMEV welcomed the decision by the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) in order to settle pending issues of Original Equipment Manufacturers and to bring the sector to its feet.?This created supply bottlenecks which led OEMs to scramble for parts, which created the problems OEMs face today.

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation(APSRTC) or APSRTC launched 12 new electric busses on the Tirupati to Kadapa route in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. This measure is part of the state government’s #greenmobility initiative, under which 100 #electricbuses were approved for the APSRTC Alipiri Depot.Olectra Greentech Limited claims that these air-conditioned electric buses can travel up to 200 km on a single battery charge.