E137 - India's Largest Battery Swapping Network w/Pulkit Khurana of Battery Smart

Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar

In this episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast, we speak with Pulkit Khurana, Co-Founder of Batter Smart - India's largest battery-swapping network. Battery Smart is a special company building the future of battery swapping in the country. While a lot has been said about Electric Vehicles, we are still split on what happens to be the best approach to building a clean mobility future. Battery Smart has proven that swapping as a solution works and its fascinating how they have been able to scale in the brief span of time they have been around. Tune in to explore the nuances of how they make this happen. Very fascinating conversation with an incredible founder, let's jump in! 00:00 - Introduction 01:53 - Journey of Starting Up 05:28 - EV Landscape 10:50 - Early days with Battery Smart 15:39 - Why Battery Swapping vs Other Possible Solutions? 17:58 - How does Battery Swapping work? 21:55 - Battery Design 24:45 - Customer Use Case of Swapping 30:35 - Use of Data through the process 35:32 - Navigation the Execution Heavy nature of the Business 39:50 - Quality Control during Swapping 45:00 - Business Model & Economics of Battery Smart 50:16 - Getting ready to Scale the business 54:32 - Scaling Culture 58:02 - Challenges during the building journey 1:02:32 - Personal Scaling Journey 1:06:10 - Conclusion

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