The EV Revolution in Motorcycles
In the dynamic landscape of India’s two-wheeler market, where the electric scooter revolution has been stealing the spotlight, the presence of motorcycles, which constitute over 65% of the annual two-wheeler market in India, has been overlooked. We are at the cusp of an exciting era of electrification in the #motorcycle segment that presents breakout investment […]
Powering Urban Transit with Electric Buses!
Imagine hopping on a bus that doesn’t rumble with a noisy engine, doesn’t emit clouds of exhaust, and doesn’t rely on fossil fuels. Instead, it glides through the streets silently, powered by clean and sustainable electricity. Yes, we’re diving headfirst into the remarkable realm of electric buses – the next big revolution in urban transportation! […]
EV Battery Recycling II
Hey Everyone!! We are back with our monthly edition to dive into India’s recent Battery Waste Management Rules as well as feature select global actors in this space & their recycling technologies. The potential value creation for EV battery recycling, estimated at $95 billion per year by 2040, is massive and is attracting attention from […]
EV Battery Recycling I – 2nd Anniversary Edition
The Ostara Newsletter turns 2! Yes, this month marks the 25th monthly edition of “All about EVs”, a newsletter we launched in May 2021 to foster a conversation among investors about the Clean Mobility ecosystem in India. Little did we foresee the impact it would have and the number of people it would reach. It’s remarkable to note […]
The Digital Identity of EVs
We’ve all come across IoT (Internet of Things) in some form or the other in our daily lives like wearables that track our activity and fitness, navigating using GPS-tracking on our phone, smart toll-collection and many more… The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) defines IoT as a system of self-adaptive and complex networks […]
EV Retrofitting
Hello there! We’re back with another juicy edition of the Ostara newsletter! First up, a couple of quick Ostara updates… Ostara Updates! Now, for our topic for this month… India’s first large-scale CNG programme kickstarted in 1998, in Delhi, after the Supreme Court of India then issued several directives centred around the clean fuel. Since then, almost […]
The Internal Network of the EV
From the Founder’s Desk: We have had an exciting start to the year! Lots of new launches in the Indian Electric Mobility landscape and a growing focus on clean mobility across stakeholders including in policy-making at the Central Government level. As deal activity increases in Mobility and Sustainability, we are looking to partner at mid-to-senior levels. If […]
The Indian EV ecosystem in 2022: The Ostara Review
As we launch full steam ahead into the new year, we look back at the year that was. 2022 bore witness to many milestones for Ostara Advisors, which we wrote about last month in the Ostara Rewind. This month, we look at the transformational trends for the Electric Mobility space in India during 2022, in the Ostara […]
2022: The Ostara Rewind
2022 has been an exciting year for Ostara Advisors. The mission that we started out with in 2018 – to create India’s first specialised investment bank focused on Mobility and Sustainability – has led us to pole position in our chosen sectors in 2022. As we bid farewell to this exciting year, let’s recap what we’ve been […]
Financing India's EVs – II
Last month, we discussed some key terms in EV financing, along with different frameworks and policies of the same. Continuing in the same vein, we will once again be delving into the world of financing, albeit from a different perspective. In Part 1, the frameworks and business models were from the perspective of NBFCs and […]
