Agarwal: Every Commercial Vehicle Segment in India is Already TCO Positive
Arpit Agarwal · Blume Ventures, Director on Investing in future of Electric Vehicles ft. Arpit Agarwal · Nov 15, 2021 · at 6:41
Arpit Agarwal, Director at Blume Ventures, discusses the economic viability of electric vehicles across commercial segments in India.
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“In commercial vehicles, whether you talk about four-wheeler or three-wheeler or buses or even the two-wheeler delivery guy, all of those segments are what is called as total cost of ownership, TCO positive.”
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