Micromobility's Sweetspot - talking Electric Rickshaws in India with ThreeWheelsUnited CEO, Cedrick Tandong

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
September 16, 2020

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In one of his favourite interviews to date, Oliver interviews CedrickTandong, CEO of ThreeWheelsUnited, a electric rickshaw or tuktuk financingand operations company based in Bangalore, India. With over 3000 tuktuks onthe road, partnerships with the largest local manufacturers, Uberpartnership and more, Cedrick and the team have found the sweet spot forMicromobility in what is a fascinating local niche.Specifically they dig into:- What is ThreeWheelsUnited and the multiple sides of the business -vehicle supply, financing, tech platform for payments and operations.- Cedricks background and how he ended up going from Cameroon to France toIndia.- How the unit economics are playing out with new electric tuktuks vs.existing models.- How to build out a low-cost recharging infrastructure for these vehicles.- The challenges and joys of working in India as a foreigner- The story of fundraising for a vehicle financing and tech startup - howthat's gone, what they’re looking for and how they managed to get Techstarsand Asian Development Bank money.- The climate impact that they’re having.

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