Can TVS Motor beat Ola Electric to be EV leader?

Overtaking Bhavish Aggarwal’s Ola Electric will require more than just a quality product and will really test TVS’s conservative DNA.

In July, BMW Motorrad unveiled the CE 02 electric motorcycle. The two-wheeler, touted as an urban commute solution for a global audience, is a product of the collaboration that the premium German motorcycle maker has with TVS Motor Co. Besides helping design and engineer the motorcycle, the Chennai-headquartered firm will be its sole manufacturer.

Now that’s an impressive achievement for an Indian company. Yet, the news made little by way of a splash.

One reason for TVS’s achievement getting drowned out could be the surfeit of action in the Indian market for electric two-wheelers—in just the last two years, electric …

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T Surendar

Surendar helps lead the newsroom at The Morning Context as executive editor. Over the years, Surendar has worked in industries from pharmaceuticals to diamonds, as well as a stint as an equity analyst. In his long career as a business journalist, he has led teams at The Times of India, India Today and Fortune India. He was part of the founding team at Forbes India and interned at and published in The Times, London.

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