| | DECEMBER 20204EditorialElectric Vehicles (EVs) have made heads turn of automakers and policy makers alike in India and around the world. Added to it, the Government's push to make India a 100 percent EV nation by the year 2030, have pushed automotive companies tread into the EV space to expand their portfolio. This thrust for EVs may also create a significant change in India's energy security priorities, with securing lithium supplies, a key raw material for making batteries, becoming as important as buying oil and gas fields overseas. EVs are ushering in, smart phones to laptops and storage of green energy production, and lithium-ion batteries. Innovative battery designs, chemistries and cell formats are being introduced for power performances in order to meet the advanced needs of products today.These batteries, often called LiB, are rechargeable and with higher energy capacity thus allowing on-the-go consumers to keep using devices without replacing the batteries or frequently charging them. Recently, the Automotive Research Association of India (Arai) successfully tested lithium-ion batteries developed by our very own Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre for use in two- and three-wheeled vehicles. This development is expected to provide an impetus to India's electric vehicles (EV) push.In a recent breakthrough, an innovator in sustainable mobility and energy infrastructure startup, Ultraviolette Automotive raised Rs 30 Cr Series B investment led by TVS Motor Company. Indian health in the EV domain further improving with several industries pooling their money into startups. The demand for electric scooters has increased over the last few months as people want to own a personal vehicle. This edition of CIOReview features the young entrepreneurs and their visions for the electric future of our automotive segment. Take a look and..Do let us know what you think.Emmanuel Christi DasManaging Editoreditor@cioreviewindia.comThe `Spark' of Joy in India's Automotive SegmentVOL 8 · ISSUE 12 - 4 · DECEMBER, 2020 PublisherOffice Editorial queries editor@cioreviewindia.com To subscribeVisit www.cioreviewindia.com/magazine/or send email to: subscription@cioreviewindia.comCover price is Rs 150 per issueAshok KumarVirupakshi PattarAlok ChaturvediGroup Art DirectorVP - Sales & MarketingMagendran PerumalCirculation ManagerEditorial TeamCIOReviewIndia No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017VetriS SivasankarDennis BennitoManaging EditorEmmanuel Christi DasVisualizersAdvertising queriessales@cioreviewindia.comBangaloreTel 080 46441103Sales & MarketingAmrit SinghIndranil ChakrabortyRavi Kalgi Rohit RaghubanshiNagendra KumarPrinted and published by Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published at No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Copyright © 2020 Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Janifha EvangelineAnitha TSuchita GonsalvesSamrat PradhanRajan SarmaNoidaTel 120 4639300
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