iCreate Announces Winners of Maiden EV challenge ‘EVangelise’21’

Innovation-based start-up incubator iCreate (International Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship) has announced the winners of its maiden EV innovation challenge — EVangelise’21 — which saw the participation of 388 start-ups and entrepreneurs from all over the country.

Based on the technological excellence & feasibility, market relevance and real-world implementation of their innovation, the following companies won the top three spots:

• Clean Electric Private Limited
• Gremot Mobility Private Limited
• Webber Electrocorp Private Limited

The winners received cash prizes of INR 10 lakh, INR 7.5 lakh and INR 5 lakh cash prizes respectively, besides an assured incubation support of INR 50 lakh each, market connections and industry mentorship.

Congratulating the winners and participants, Anupam Jalote, CEO, iCreate stated, “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.”

The first place holder, Clean Electric Private Limited, is a Bhopal-based startup. They won the title prize of EVangelsie’21 for their innovative fast charging EV batteries by using a cooling system. Bangalore-based startup Gremot Mobility Private Limited won the second place for their 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 Webber Electrocorp Private Limited, a Raipur-based startup, for their indigenously designed battery management systems, motor controllers and chargers – already in the market, disrupting the supply chains that are currently dominated by China.

EVangelise was a three-stage international challenge spread over a period of 6 months which is targeted at start-ups, college students, research institutions, independent innovators and EV enthusiasts who have an innovative idea or even a working prototype pertaining to 2&3-wheeler electric vehicle sub-components. A total of INR 88.5 lakh was awarded to the participants of EVangelise, across four innovation categories and three stages.