Episodes
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Chapters :
00:00 - Introduction
02:18 - Awadhesh’s prior experiences
06:15 - Fortum’s businesses and history
15:58 - Fortum’s Charge and Drive EV Charging app
23:55 - Fortum’s Future plans to setup DC Fast Chargers
32:58 - DC001 and 3W charging
We spoke about :
* How he started his journey and ended up helping kickstart the EV infrastructure in India with Fortum.
* Fortum’s existing businesses
* Existing EV business and future expansion plans
* Advantages and pitfalls of postpaid charging payment collection + new non wallet non account based solution to collect payments
* Franchise business model as a charge point operator (CPO)
* Foray into 3W logistics business
Errata :
* Fortum won the bid to set up a 600MW solar plant in Karnataka and not Rajasthan.
* Updated “70 megawatt, 100 megawatt, 250 megawatt size of plant”
Show notes :
* Blog and infographics link - https://expwithevs.substack.com/p/01-blog-chatting-with-awadhesh-fortum
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* Awadhesh on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/awadhesh-kumar-jha-0697a28/) and Twitter(https://twitter.com/yoursawadhesh).
* Me on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyansmurarka/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ExpWithEVs).
* ExpWithEVs blog post analyzing the charging infra in India -
* DPR - Detailed Project Report
* Fortum - https://www.fortum.in
* Fortum Charge and Drive India - https://www.fortum.in/services/vehicle-charging/information-about-us
* Fortum completes transaction to acquire Uniper - https://www.fortum.com/media/2020/03/fortum-closes-transaction-become-majority-owner-uniper
* Press releases about solar tenders - https://www.fortum.in/media/2022/03/fortum-has-won-right-build-200-mw-solar-capacity-india and https://www.fortum.in/media/2022/02/fortum-has-won-right-build-600-mw-solar-capacity-india
* Fortum and Log9 partnership - https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/log-9-materials-partners-with-fortum-india-to-develop-ev-charging-infra
P.S.: This podcast was recorded on 2nd Sept 2022.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.expwithevs.in -
Hello and welcome to a brand new experiment - the Experiences with EVs podcast. As I started writing about my EV experiences and got deeper into it, I realised the need to understand it even better. Beyond the blog, podcasting is one of the ways I am going about doing this. The podcast will focus on companies in the Indian EV space, their business models and what value they are bringing to the EV consumer in India.
Hop along on this new ride with me.
You should be able to find this podcast on all your favourite platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and Google Podcasts. Please subscribe, the first episode releases next week!
The music is by Amrit Kapoor, voice over by Seema Ramchandani and the banner by Sanika. This podcast is produced by me, your host, Priyans Murarka.
P.S.: The podcast may take a couple of days to be made available on the above platforms.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.expwithevs.in -
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