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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The Bengaluru-based startup is targeting commercial vehicles with battery-charging technology that it says beats everything else out there by a mile.
Editor's note: Set off the busy Hosur Road in Bengaluru, the Exponent Energy office is nondescript. A small building next to a long testing rink, with a row of three-wheeled electric vehicles—a cross between an autorickshaw and a tiny van, the kind used for deliveries within a city—parked by the side. Also scattered around are several battery units or sets, with small groups of engineers tinkering with and analysing both the batteries and the machines. One of the vans is filled with multiple heavy batteries and is being tested for load. Inside the office, Arun Vinayak, one of Exponent’s two co-founders, runs through the current state of electric vehicles, batteries, charging and what the startup is trying to solve. As the conversation goes on, he becomes more animated, liberally punctuating technical details with analogies, breaking down the complex process of batteries and charging units communicating with each other. He starts sketching systems and graphs on a whiteboard to better explain the nuances of the technology he and his team have built. Exponent Energy—founded by Vinayak and Sanjay Byalal Jagannath, both former executives …
The Bengaluru-based startup is targeting commercial vehicles with battery-charging technology that it says beats everything else out there by a mile.
Editor's note: Set off the busy Hosur Road in Bengaluru, the Exponent Energy office is nondescript. A small building next to a long testing rink, with a row of three-wheeled electric vehicles—a cross between an autorickshaw and a tiny van, the kind used for deliveries within a city—parked by the side. Also scattered around are several battery units or sets, with small groups of engineers tinkering with and analysing both the batteries and the machines. One of the vans is filled with multiple heavy batteries and is being tested for load. Inside the office, Arun Vinayak, one of Exponent’s two co-founders, runs through the current state of electric vehicles, batteries, charging and what the startup is trying to solve. As the conversation goes on, he becomes more animated, liberally punctuating technical details with analogies, breaking down the complex process of batteries and charging units communicating with each other. He starts sketching systems and graphs on a whiteboard to better explain the nuances of the technology he and his team have built. Exponent Energy—founded by Vinayak and Sanjay Byalal Jagannath, both former executives …
Pricing constraints and uncertain daily-use demand cast doubt on instant help’s ability to replicate quick commerce.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
The emirate’s financial centre has surpassed the 10,000-company mark, Lucid Motors has a new investor, and digital assets are having a great week.
Pricing constraints and uncertain daily-use demand cast doubt on instant help’s ability to replicate quick commerce.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
The emirate’s financial centre has surpassed the 10,000-company mark, Lucid Motors has a new investor, and digital assets are having a great week.
