Young entrepreneurs presented their cutting-edge business ideas to the jury at the C.A.S.E. Mobility Grand Start-up Challenge as part of the Telangana government’s ongoing Hyderabad E-Mobility Week with the goal of accelerating innovation in areas of Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (CASE) mobility in India.
Seven startups participated in the challenge, and the founders of those startups, including two from Telangana, one from Karnataka, and one each from Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, presented their innovations and business ideas to the jury at the competition’s conclusion.
Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT, Electronics & Communications, and Industries & Commerce Departments, Government of Telangana said, “The C.A.S.E Mobility Grand Challenge is an important part of the Hyderabad E-Mobility Week and addresses important aspects of innovation in new-age mobility.”
NeoMotion, an IIT Madras startup that creates groundbreaking electric products for wheelchairs (elderly, physically challenged), to enable them to be an inclusive part of society, was named the Challenge’s runner-up. i-elektrik, which creates smart charging solutions for emerging EV markets, won the competition. For their projects, the two winners will each receive a grant from TVS Motor Company worth Rs 15 lakh.
Other participants in the challenge
- Hala Mobility
Hala Mobility offers EV as a Service and Platform as a Service for Micro Fleet Operators, both of which are multimodal EV shared mobility platforms.
2. Adiabatic
Adiabatic, a social enterprise that provides a scalable intelligent Battery Management System (BMS) to calculate and predict accurate battery data, reducing the temperatures of the battery.
3.AutoNXt
AutoNXt builds driverless electric tractors and high-voltage electric powertrains.
The Telangana government sponsored the start-up competition in collaboration with TiHan, the largest innovation hub in the world, T-Hub, India’s first cluster focusing on new and sustainable mobility, and Telangana Mobility Valley (TMV).
