Ajay Vashisht

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Short answer: No. Such devices are perfect examples of technical placebos :) These devices, sold under names like "energy saver," "electricity saver," or "power saver" are widely marketed across India through roadside exhibitions, melas, e-commerce platforms, and local stores, often with bold claims of cutting electricity bills by 30–50% (sometimes even more) The reality is very different. The devices are said to work on a principle called power factor correction (PFC). - Power factor is the ratio of real power (watts, what does actual work) to apparent power (volt-amperes, what is drawn from the supply). A perfect power factor is 1.0. - Large inductive loads of motors, compressors, HVAC systems cause the power factor to drop, meaning utilities must supply more current than is strictly needed. - Power factor correction capacitors bring that ratio closer to 1.0, reducing wasted current. This genuinely works but only at industrial and utility scale, where: - Electricity bills are metered on apparent power (kVA), not just real power (kW). - Industries face penalty charges for low power factor (typically below 0.95). - Correction can save thousands of rupees in demand charges. BUT NEVER FOR HOMES Residential consumers in India are billed exclusively on kilowatt-hours (kWh) — real energy consumed as measured by standard energy meters. Your meter does not measure or charge for reactive power at all. Even if a plug-in device marginally improved your home's power factor: - Your electricity bill would not change by a single paisa. - The meter simply doesn't account for it. - The reactive current savings stay within the wiring between the device and your meter — the utility still charges you based only on what the meter records. SCAM INSIDE: Independent teardowns and electrical engineers have consistently found these ₹300–₹2,000 gadgets contain little more than: - A basic capacitor (often rated for far less than claimed) - An LED indicator light - A MOV (metal oxide varistor) for mild surge protection, a feature worth perhaps ₹20 There is no meaningful energy-saving mechanism for a residential setting. The LED inside lights up, which feels like something is happening. Nothing is. If you want to genuinely reduce your electricity bill while getting access to some real future tech, you have to wait a bit. We are cooking something real at energyailabs.com, and it's way beyond efficiency and Jarvis. @Ajayv93 @vivekshukla

The Indian EV story is more about SERVICE now. Smart EV dealers are quietly ditching sales and moving into service & repair. (Because many brands can't support it, while the supply chain is broken) Also, because that's where the real money is now. Service and repair. Ground reality = after-sales is the new battleground. And most EV brands are completely unprepared for it. EV DOCTOR is arming them who saw this opportunity first to provide the after sales support. Right ones are catching the wave at the right time. The ones who can't? (because of lack of skills and resources) They're bundling 4-5 cheap Chinese scooters for ₹1 lakh with second-life batteries. The market has spoken Indians aren't betting on ONE good EV anymore. They're buying cheap ones one by one, replacing them when they die. Forget the fundraising PR and IPOs. Forget those fancy launches and paid stealth footage of camouflage. The real on ground truth is beyond climate change, it's the cost of operation including service, repair and replacement. (This video was made by one of EV DOCTOR customers from Betul, Madhya Pradesh)

@brahma_4u @vivekshukla Everything is complete!

We have four rules of working: - LAKK - AHITHRTHHJ - MKHJ - STSKHPTSBSKNK Even AI can't decode them. Credit for the third one goes to @vivekshukla :) @Ajayv93 have I missed any?

@brahma_4u @vivekshukla Yeah everything is present there!

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Coffee machines everywhere in India. Thousands of such coffee machines are imported in India every year. The majority of them cost beyond 10 Lakhs INR. (90% of them cost 30-40 Lakhs) I believe there's a big market for Indian manufacturers to not just build for India but for the world. Coffee market is here to stay and boom. 🇮🇳🚀

Not just manufactured in India, its conceptualised, iterated, tested, validated, iterated again and again, catered and constantly validated. Only some Indo-Shenzhen entrepreneurs use Made in India use these days :) The temperament of a perennial trader can't be camouflaged with decent podcasts and shows.

Empowering EV Ready Hands.

From India, to the world. New Batch is out. Most of it will be going to APAC EV after sales markets. @brahma_4u leading the charge.

Over hundreds of EV business owners and engineers carry this daily. Started to solve a problem, that became a renaissance. Grateful.

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Customer love pro max. One of our clients daily posts about EV DOCTOR product while using some AI image gen tools. (as you can see here) But why? Are we paying them for this? Because they don't just trust in battery diagnostics, but get revenues out of battery checkups and reports. Btw, Betul is a remote place in Madhya Pradesh, India.

A New Dawn.

See if you're from India. -Have a hunger to build great products for the world. - You love building stuff (without crying about it). - Want to CHANNELISE your energy to chase your purpose. - Have an urge to change the world. DM. We are onboarding core team members for Energy AI Labs. Just say HI, with some interesting things you have built or share about your last failure.

Almost 4 years ago, we got a meeting that changed how we thought about our own work. We had just built the first prototype of EV DOCTOR, a battery diagnostics tool we were quietly developing at IIMA Ventures. We were early stage, figuring things out, and honestly still building conviction around the problem we were solving. Then we got the chance to present it to Shri Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar ), Minister of External Affairs, India. We expected a brief, courteous interaction. What we got was a masterclass. He immediately steered the conversation toward the ABC Lithium Triangle, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and what it means for countries like India trying to build an EV future without becoming dependent on foreign-controlled supply chains. He also connected dots between lithium reserves, battery manufacturing, and national energy strategy in a way that few technologists, let alone policymakers, typically do. And then he said something that stuck with us: battery testing isn't a technical footnote it's a strategic problem. Knowing the true health and traceability of a battery matters to everyone from grid operators to investors. He also pointed us in a clear direction, pitch this to EV financiers too. So we did. And the response was everything we hoped for. Four years later, that conversation still feels like a compass point. @Ajayv93

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The EV industry is scaling fast. But if technicians aren't trained to a standard, every bad repair sets back adoption by miles. We built a FREE EV Two-Wheeler Service SOP, sourced from real workshops, real technicians, real fixes. The infrastructure problem is being solved. Now let's solve the service and repair problem. Link below. Tag EV/Battery Folks)