India imported $757 million (₹6,300 crore ) worthof electric motors from China in 2024 alone.Something is seriously broken.

We have the engineers, the market, and

The demand to build every single one locally.

The gap isn't technology.

It isn't talent either.

I've worked with engineers in Shenzhen and Chennai.

The capability is identical.

So what's actually different?

🔹 China has an ecosystem.

Suppliers, simulation tools, test labs, and motor designers

— all within 50km of each other.

🔹 India has islands.

Brilliant engineers, separated by broken supply chains,

Imported tools, and very less motor-specific test infrastructure.

For instance,

In China, you prototype a Motor on Monday.

You test it on Wednesday.

You iterate by Friday.

In India, you wait a few weeks for lamination samples.

Then a few more for the winding vendor.

Then the test rig isn't calibrated.

Not because Indian engineers- Can't build world-class motors.

But because they've never had the ecosystem to prove it.

We're changing that — one motor at a time.

Is the ecosystem the real problem holding back India's EV motor industry?

Or am I missing something?

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Throwback Picture from my days building motors in China.

The gap I saw there vs. here is what this post is about.

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