V Sumantran

Happy to be back at the #carandbike Jury Meet to Select 2021 Bike of the Year: Indian #motorcycles #scooters manufacturers have upped their game in quality, performance, features and styling. New genres being explored creatively: Adventure bikes and performance scooters.

An impressive selection of #cars at the #carandbike 2022 Jury Meet to select Car of the Year: true validation of the adage "competition improves the breed". What's more, the jurors were raving about the new crop of #EVs all brought to the fore here!

An excellent summary of how #suburbia and #urbansprawl impacts #climatechange.....sadly, this mistake is being replicated in so many emerging economies today. cnbc.com/video/2022/02/…

IIT Madras Incubation Cell does a great job socialising its work and showcasing its start-ups! New Opportunities in Electric Mobility' by Nikhilesh Mishra, founder of IITMIC #startup @GrinntechL twitter.com/IITMIC/status/…

Adoption of Electric Vehicles (#evehicles) is increasingly paced by availability of #evcharginginfrastructure. In emerging economies, scalability is constrained by cost. This intelligent effort harnesses cost #innovation to solve the problem.....economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renew…

In a world now familiar with the dynamicism of start-ups, we have had to recalibrate our notions of failure and success..... thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/failur…

"Death of distance has finally happened and urbanisation..." Dr V Sumantran youtu.be/C8Xr_xrzH3E via @YouTube @sumantran @nitin_gadkari @PMOIndia @CimGOI @DoC_GoI

With this announcement of a major increase in investment and the adoption of a new format unified prismatic cell, #vwgroup underscores the message that #evbatteries are growing scale and evolving technology rapidly. reuters.com/article/us-vol…

The roadmap to wider deployment of #autonomousvehicles will likely evolve through growing use in constrained (speed, chaos, etc.) environments. This move by Cruise Automation is a belated, but not too late, admission. theverge.com/2021/3/15/2233…

@rishadcooper @carandbike @sidpatankar @GulPanag @rayomandb @ameya_naik What a fun and safe way to get a break from Covid. A truly impressive product line-up, experienced jurors, and a fantastic track. @carandbike awards keep getting better.

Great to blast the best bikes of 2020 on track, a privilege to ride today with experienced @carandbike jurists @sidpatankar @sumantran @GulPanag @rayomandb and more - to cut through the pack and find those top award winners! Special to get past 250kph again in a post Covid era

#Day2 #JuryMeet it’s all about the bikes #cnbawards

EV battery-makers like @Grinntech have rapidly ascended the technical maturity ladder. With this, Indian @EV manufacturers have better and safer options to increase local content especially for batteries.................thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist…

@reidjohnf Thank you, John.

Grinntech's roadmap for #evbattery ticks 3 key boxes: (1) promotes electrification of #mobility (2) harnesses the youthful entrepreneurship of #startup in manufacturing and (3) boosts self-reliance in key #EV technologies.. autocarpro.in/news-national/…

A valuable Sunday watch, especially for everyone with an interest in #ElectricMobility . @TheSMEV @siamindia @AnilShri @nmunjal @henrikfisker @sohinder_gill @MainiChetan @Maheshsbabu @SulajjaFirodia @ACMAIndia @ZF_Group @sumantran

Start of a great series "The New Order" Auto Industry Dynamics post COVID 19 youtube.com/watch?v=Nw3m9N… @sumantran

An absolutely special discussion. So much to gain from such highly experienced and accomplished professionals. Thank you very much, Dr. @GoenkaPk and Dr. @sumantran . A not-to-miss series, watching which can help navigate through the turbulent times better.

Part 5 of 5: Post #covid19 , how cities are looking to realign #urbanmobility even as social-distancing has become an unexpected new factor. thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist…

Part 4 of 5: To get the #autoindustry re-started after #covid19 , we need to pay a lot of attention to re-starting the #supplychain and #logistics. What may we expect?.... thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist…

Part 3 of 5: Will the #autoindustry's push towards #EVs be scuttled by #COVID19 ?....Likely not. thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist…