Electric Vehicle Innovation Challenge
Connecting the Indian EV industry to breakthrough innovators
Deliver innovative products and technologies into the market at a large scale
Do this by building EVangelise around the industry's real problem statements
And by facilitating partnerships between Indian EV manufacturers and startups
The PURPOSE
Innovation Categories
Tech Development
For innovations under TRL4, we will provide them product development support
Total Cash PRIZES
Rs. 1.12* Crore
* Terms and conditions apply
Manufacturing Partnership
For TRL4 and above innovations, we will connect them to strategic manufacturing partners
3 winners will receive Strategic manufacturing partnerships with EV industry players.
Innovation Themes
Vehicle Traction
Vehicle Energy Storage
Vehicle Infrastructure
Timeline
About iCreate
Winner of the National Award for Technology Business Incubator 2020, iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) is an autonomous centre of excellence of the Government of Gujarat and is India’s largest institution for transforming start-ups based on tech innovation into successful businesses. Located in a state-of-the-art 40-acre campus at Dev Dholera in Ahmedabad, to date it has supported over 520 innovations and 43 patents with a ‘high-touch, entrepreneur first model, connecting them with mentors, markets and money. Embedded systems and IoT are a focus area for iCreate, in domains like electric vehicles, agritech, smart cities, healthtech, industrial automation, and renewable energy, among others. It is home to Cisco's largest Innovation Lab in India and has partnerships with leading institutions in the US, Israel and other countries.
Strategic Partners
Technology Partner
