Kunal Khattar

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Founder @AdvantEdge_vc. Built for founders who need a network of operators, domain experts & co-builders who’ve navigated India’s market before you. #EndICEAge

Delhi, San Francisco advantedge.vc Joined April 2009

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Kunal Khattar @KunalKhattar Aug 31

After backing @rapidoapp_ early on, I’m constantly asked: what's the next big bet in mobility? I recently sat down with @ishansp from @thecaptableco to share my investment thesis for AdvantEdge VC and reveal my shortlist of startups driving the EV revolution & @advantEdge_vc strategy to #EndICEAge. 🚀⚡️
the-captable.com/2026/08/what-i…

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Post Diwali Miracle 🥳

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This Diwali, I wanted to share two beautiful words, one from Sanskrit and the other from Persian.

The first is ‘Anirveda’, a Sanskrit word that means never losing heart, the quiet strength to remain hopeful and keep believing in better tomorrows.

The second is ‘Furugh’, a Persian word that means radiance, the beautiful glow of light that dispels darkness and fills the world with warmth and brightness.

The best wish I could think this Diwali is for your heart to be filled with Anirveda, the courage to keep dreaming and looking forward to life, and your days to glow with Furugh, the warmth of love, the joy of togetherness and countless beautiful moments.

May there always be laughter in your home, love in your heart and something wonderful to look forward to.

Happy Diwali 🚀

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DRIVEN EV FAQs No. 6

The festive season is when India buys the most two-wheelers. One number worth knowing before you do.

GST on a petrol scooter or motorcycle up to 350 cc is 18%, after last year's cut from 28%. On an electric two-wheeler it is 5%, and has been since August 2019. On a Rs 1 lakh pre-tax price, that is Rs 18,000 of tax against Rs 5,000: a difference of Rs 13,000, before any subsidy. Cars show the same gap: 5% on an electric car, 18% to 40% on a petrol or diesel one.

The purchase subsidy gets the headlines and is capped at Rs 5,000. The tax difference is larger, built into every invoice, and rarely part of the showroom conversation.

Sources: PIB, 3 Sep 2025; PIB, July 2019.

@PIB_India @FADA_India @TheSMEV
#EndICEAge #GST #DRIVENEVFAQs

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Kunal Khattar Verified account @KunalKhattar Nov 4

DRIVEN EV FAQs No. 5

Is an EV battery just a bigger phone battery?

In chemistry, yes. In engineering, no. Your phone runs on one lithium-ion cell. A 4 kWh scooter pack has 224 of them, each a little larger than a AA battery, wired together to deliver about 52 volts.

Making 224 cells charge evenly, share current and stay cool together is the hard part, and where packs differ. The reported findings on the 2022 scooter fires pointed to cell quality, pack design and thermal management, not to the chemistry.

So the question is not whether a scooter is electric, but whose cells are in it and who built the pack.

Sources: EVreporter pack teardown, Oct 2025; Economic Times on the DRDO findings, May 2022.

@IndianStandards @MHI_GoI @TheICCT_India
#EndICEAge #EVBattery #DRIVENEVFAQs

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Kunal Khattar @KunalKhattar Nov 5

With this same logic all companies not started by or owned by Kannadigas should also be asked to leave Karnataka. Apple, Google, Amazon, SAP, Oracle, Flipkart, Ather …..should leave. @TVMohandasPai

Imran Khan Verified account @KeypadGuerilla Nov 4

After Google, pro Kannada organisations visited Ola, and 30 other companies raising the issue of jobs for Kannadigas today

#Bengaluru #Karnataka

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