Clean Electric, Gremot Mobility, Webber Electrocorp Win iCreate’s EVangelise’21 Challenge

Based on the technological excellence & feasibility, market relevance and real-world implementation of their innovation, Clean Electric, Gremot Mobility, and Webber Electrocorp won the top three spots in the iCreate’s (International Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship) EV innovation challenge - EVangelise’21.

Out of 388 start-up participants, the first place holder, Clean Electric has been a Bhopal-based startup and had won the title prize of EVangelsie’21 of Rs 10 lakh for its innovative fast-charging EV batteries by using a cooling system.

Gremot Mobility, a Bangalore-based startup, won second place with a Rs 7.5 lakh cash prize for its innovative idea of adding energy recovery capabilities to EV motors so that energy from braking can be stored, thereby extending the driving range.

The third place was taken by Raipur-based startup Webber Electrocorp with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh for its indigenously designed battery management systems, motor controllers and chargers - already in the market, disrupting the supply chains that are currently dominated by China. 
 
Besides, these winners will also get assured incubation support of Rs 50 lakh each, market connections and industry mentorship.

Congratulating the winners, Anupam Jalote, CEO of iCreate, said, “iCreate has now established itself as the place to be for EV innovators and start-ups. When jury members of the caliber of CEO Exide Leclanche, CTO Tejas Networks, CEO Ather and CTO Sona Comstar are surprised and impressed with the depth and quality of the top Indian innovators in the EV space, we at iCreate feel fulfilled - it has been a very long and hard 6-month journey to identify this talent - but we are humbled with their zeal and technical prowess. They will surely accelerate iCreate’s drive-in helping India become a knowledge exporter and a super power in the small EV space. My heartiest congratulations to all the winners and we look forward to working with them to help take their ideas into the market for further commercialization.”

Sharing his thoughts on the initiative, Principal Scientific Adviser, K. VijayRaghavan stated, “I can see the extraordinary zeal in the entrepreneurs of today and to ensure that this is maintained and that they are moving in the right direction, it is crucial to connect them with deep domain experts from national and global ecosystems. Our country’s entrepreneurs need high-quality mentorship at the individual level from a scientific and a techno-economic perspective. When it comes to the EV industry specifically, it is crucial that Entrepreneurs connect themselves with global leaders and look at that as an opportunity and create a benchmark. That’s where we need organisations like iCreate that provide start-ups with required access to domain experts technologically, financially and techno economically and connect with industry leaders both nationally and globally.”

Meanwhile, a total of Rs 88.5 lakh was awarded to the participants of EVangelise, across 4 innovation categories and 3 stages.