Felidae leading e-Bicycle revolution in India — a short interview

Jeev’s interview with Dr Krishnarao Dhuri, co-founder and CTO of Felidae Electric, India, on the future of electric bicycles in emerging economies, pre- and post-Covid.

While a part of the world is looking towards the space this week, Felidae is leading an indigenous technology revolution in e-bicycles in India. Learn the major trends, challenges and success story here.

Q&A

During the COVID-19 lock down and its subsequent impact on the society, we have seen in increase in awareness about environmental issues. Will this drive people to be more inclined towards electric vehicles? What changes in thinking are we seeing and anticipate?

The world has been shut down for about 3-months. While lock downs have been there in the past, something of this kind was never there before. This had been one of the biggest RESET in our lifetime. During this time, we have seen the positive impact of reduced pollution levels, and we have seen animals including endangered species, come out of their hiding and move around freely.

In our own vanity and race in modern human life, we even forgot that there exist other species than just humans.

Let’s refer these times as BC (Before COVID) and AC (After COVID-19). In AC, the…