over the past decade or so sustainability has become the mantra of the manufacturing sector various technical and innovative disruptions across the globe have led companies in the sector to look at sustainable manufacturing and a sustainable business model as viable options indian companies are not far behind in this contention and one such pioneer in the industry is powergear limited the humble beginnings founded in 1980 powergear under able leadership of its chairman mr durairaj x is a cuttingedge company that designs manufactures and supplies quality products for traditional and renewable power generation essentially powergears core competency lies in creating customized designs and supplying medium voltage equipment battery energy storage solutions and such product to all the oems powergear has a dedicated research and development rd department that has been recognized by the department of scientific and industrial research dsir powergear is based out of chennai and has exported to more than 65 countries in 2017 powergear diversified into another unit called powergear sustainability and operates through reep motors a brand in its aegis reep motors is primarily focused on the electric vehicle ev business based out of chennai reep motors started off with market research initially and now manufactures evs reep motors first forayed into three wheelers it has now developed over 12 different models first among its product launches include a threewheeler variant which is designed to carry a payload of 500 kgs whereas a typical l3 variant is required to carry up to 300 kgs while its l5 variant is designed to haul up to one tonne whereas a typical l5 variant takes up to 640 kgs the unique designs of these two variants are generating large order book year on year for ex in the year 2019 reep secured a large order of about 3000 units solid waste disposal from its esteemed customers and till date all vehicles are running successfully the next steps what powergear is doing in line with the vision of mr durairaj chairman powergear is now looking at expanding its business portfolio this fiscal year the first part of this is called the sustainability business platform which would essentially consolidate the ev business with reep motors being a significant business opportunity as part of its growth efforts in ev a new electric coach bus has been developed with a range of 320 kms on a single charge the second part would be the energy storage systems ess where it would create battery energy storage systems bess for the ev business and also build energy storage solutions for residential and commercial establishments powergear is in the process of executing energy storage projects to the tune of rs 230 crores in india as the managing director of powergear rajesh durairaj puts it at powergear we are taking sustainability to our heart our current products and future product offerings would be taking this into consideration rajesh adds that we have built our first prototype bus for intracity movements with a range of 320 km