Published inOrxa Energies·May 18, 2022Prajwal’s ride along the East & West coasts of IndiaStartup learnings for a founder from an Electric Bharatmala — Dr. Prajwal Sabnis co-founded Orxa Energies in 2015 — he will insist you call him just Prajwal though. He’s the driving force behind Orxa’s flagship product –The Mantis, a electric performance motorcycle. He has been the architect behind building and developing innovative products at Orxa. For the Electric Bharatmala, Prajwal…Ev7 min readEv7 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·May 18, 2022JJ’s rideAn exciting, memorable, and proud journey for me, as a rider and as an Engineer, with memories etched on my heart for life. — JJ a.k.a. Janmejay joined Orxa Energies as an Intern, just before the 1st event of India Bike Week, 2019. He pretty much had an internship-by-fire. Since then, he’s worked on important subsystems on the Mantis, as well as some of Orxa’s important defence projects. For the Electric Bharatmala, JJ rode…Electric Vehicle7 min readElectric Vehicle7 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Apr 21, 2022Akshay’s Ride through the HimalayasHere is Akshay’s account of his ride on the Mantis with Gautam Akshay joined Orxa Energies way back as an intern, to build the Mantis. On the way though, he’s built our battery systems, worked on several defence & aerospace projects, and leads our Special Energies Systems division. …Electric Vehicles5 min readElectric Vehicles5 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Apr 21, 2022The Electric BharatmalaHere’s the Story of Orxa Energies, StartupnRev & how the Mantis Motorcycles beat the previous world record! — It always seems impossible until it is done. When John and Gautam first approached Prajwal & me with the idea of a 14000 km record breaking ride on the Mantis motorcycles, we were excited by the idea. but a little apprehensive. Then we had the 1st meeting with the team at the Brigade REAP office — and BOOM…Electric Vehicle4 min readElectric Vehicle4 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Jun 22, 2020You need unstoppable people in your team.The team is what makes a startup — especially in a crisis like COVID-19. A Three-Part series from our employees in their own words. — As promised in our post on “Hardware is Hard”, we are doing a complete 3-part series on Teams, and their importance to a start-up. In this post, we write about how we survived the COVID-19 lockdown. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Mar 6, 2020Are Electric Vehicles Really Better For The Environment?Do you know all the “dirty secrets” of electric vehicles? Three Myths & Two Facts — We’re the EV MythBusters! This is the second article in a series on the myths that lead to misunderstandings & poor adoption of EVs. In the previous article in this series, we covered myths…Electric Car10 min readElectric Car10 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Sep 10, 2019The EV Myth Busters series!We are doing a series of articles on the Myth & Mythologies surrounding Electric Vehicles. These Myths lead to misunderstandings & poor adoption of EVs. — As builders of Performance Electric Vehicles (EV), we often get asked all the prevailing myths, mythologies & misunderstandings surrounding EVs & Batteries. EVs are a new(-ish) technology, not yet as stable/known as the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles.Electric Car3 min readElectric Car3 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Mar 7, 2019Does the FAME II bring fortune?‘FAME’, fortune & a fickle fate in the nascent EV ecosystem in India! FAME 2 is double the happiness! The long-awaited FAME II scheme was finally introduced last week! All the EV makers breathed a collective sigh of relief as the FAME II doubles the outlay to INR 10 thousand crores! …Tesla4 min readTesla4 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Feb 20, 2019An Indian Hardware Startup Story: Surviving the Junglea.k.a. Tips, tricks, and other common sense we’ve learnt building our electric motorcycle in Bangalore. This is part 2 of a two-part series, focusing on running a hardware startup successfully in a predominantly software-driven, asset-light startup ecosystem. The first part can be found here. Survival Guide to the Uncharted Forests! Its been three years since we…Hardware4 min readHardware4 min read
Published inOrxa Energies·Feb 9, 2019An Indian Hardware Startup Story: the BEST things about creating the Mantis! (& the WORST!)a.k.a Why is Orxa Energies building an Electric Motorcycle in India’s Silicon Valley? This is part 1 of a two-part series on the joys & challenges on running a hardware startup in a predominantly asset-light, IT-talent driven startup ecosystem. Part 2 of this series can be found here. When we…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
