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

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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