Guest: Kunal Khattar
Host: Deepsekhar Choudhury
How did Rapido build a differentiated model in one of India’s most competitive consumer markets? What will it take for India to develop globally competitive hardware companies? And what can India learn from China’s commanding lead in electric mobility?
In this episode of Outlook Business’s Escape Velocity podcast, Kunal Khattar draws on more than a decade of investing in mobility and electric vehicles to examine India’s evolving transportation and technology landscape.
Topics covered:
- Rapido’s rise and the changing unit economics of ride-hailing
- Why India is entering a new era of hardware entrepreneurship
- The capital, talent and ecosystems required to build enduring hardware companies
- How China established its dominance across the electric-vehicle value chain
- Why India must develop a mobility playbook suited to its own market
- Where the next generation of mobility and EV investment opportunities could emerge
Watch the full conversation on Outlook Business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHqgpEYzOU