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She is also looking into retail                             powerful electric vehicles. “We
          sales, engaging with captive                                also have a footprint of over
          and retail customers.                                       500  charging  infra  points  to
                                                                      support electric vehicles on the
          Innovative mobility                                         ground, with multiple charging
          solutions                                                   variants and charge on wheels
          The company, founded in 2018,                               options,” he claims.
          has focused on building on tech
          leadership and designing supe-                              Tackling hurdles
          rior  products  suited  for  Indian                      Source: Euler Motors  Speaking  of  the teething  issues
          customers and road conditions,                              and  the  strategies  to  deal  with
          shares Saurav. HiLoad, the    “Product innovation has been   the  increasingly fierce  competi-
          company’s  flagship  vehicle,  is   our central focus, and we have   tion  in  the  EV field,  Saurav ex-
          a market differentiator with   the most powerful EV on the   plains, “Our product, along with
                                        market. We have researched and
          the highest payload capacity in   incorporated new technologies   a full-stack  approach  towards
          the  three-wheeler  cargo  seg-  such as BTMS (Battery Thermal   EVs, has struck a chord with cus-
          ment, including Internal Com-  Management System) and liquid   tomers.  Traditionally, EV mod-
                                        cooling into our battery systems,
          bustion Engine (ICE) vehicles,   which are new in the commercial   els  have been  plagued  by poor
          at 688 kg. The payload capacity   vehicle segment.”         designs  and  fall short  against   The industry
          is  also  higher  than  the  indus-  Saurav Kumar           bumpy  stretches  or extreme   should now
          try standard of 550 kg. “As an   Founder & CEO              weather  conditions.  Therefore,   focus on
                                        Euler Motors
          innovative EV, it also boasts of                            product innovation has been our   avenues for
          the highest battery power (12.4                             central  focus,  and  we  have  the   indigenous
          kWh) and highest range (151   vehicles to withstand a wide   most  powerful  EV on the  mar-  production of
          KM) with over six segment-first   range of ambient temperatures   ket.  We  have  researched  and   cells for EVs.
                                                                                                    The spotlight
          innovations in the segment to   and topographies for extended   incorporated new technologies   is also on
          suit best-in-class performance,”   battery life. The vehicle also   such as BTMS (Battery Thermal   semiconduc-
          he mentions.                  includes advanced telematics   Management System) and liquid   tors, which
          The HiLoad battery pack has   and software for fleet tracking,   cooling into our battery systems,   form the
          an integrated thermal man-    battery monitoring, and re-   which  are new in  the commer-  prime com-
          agement system and liquid     al-time charging, making it one   cial vehicle segment.”    ponent of
          cooling technology that allows   of India’s most advanced and   He shares that the main con-  EV batteries,
                                                                      cerns for customers in this   and perhaps
                                                                      segment are load capacity, re-  now is the
                                                                      liable performance, and range   right time to
                                                                      anxiety, and that HiLoad excels   put in efforts
                                                                                                    to localize
                                                                      in all of these areas. “We are   these in
                                                                      also a step ahead in the indus-  India.
                                                                      try as HiLoad is equipped with
                                                                      advanced telematics and soft-
                                                                      ware assistance that assures ef-
                                                                      fective fleet management and
                                                                      real-time charging updates,
                                                                      contributing to efficient perfor-
                                                                      mance,” he adds. “EVs cannot
                                                                      operate in silos,  and  we have,
                                                                      therefore, built products that
                                                                      are suitable for local business
                                                                      needs and provided charging
                                                                      infra and service support to
                                                                      ensure effortless operations.
                                                                   Source: Euler Motors  Our flexible and fast charging
                                                                      solutions, along with a network
                                                                      of  charging  stations  and  ac-
          Gaurav Kumar, Head of Supply Chain & Manufacturing, Euler Motors and Saurav Kumar, Founder &   tive service support, have also
          CEO, Euler Motors                                           helped us gain customer trust.”




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