MEML should focus on innovation by investing more in research and development to create new innovative electric vehicle products that can gain a competitive advantage. The analysis recommends MEML focus on three main electric vehicle products: electric scooters, electric three-wheelers, and electric buses. Electric scooters and three-wheelers are recommended as their daily ranges meet customer needs and overnight home charging is convenient without discomfort. Electric buses are also recommended for local routes with daily distances buses can complete on a single charge.
MEML should focus on innovation by investing more in research and development to create new innovative electric vehicle products that can gain a competitive advantage. The analysis recommends MEML focus on three main electric vehicle products: electric scooters, electric three-wheelers, and electric buses. Electric scooters and three-wheelers are recommended as their daily ranges meet customer needs and overnight home charging is convenient without discomfort. Electric buses are also recommended for local routes with daily distances buses can complete on a single charge.
MEML should focus on innovation by investing more in research and development to create new innovative electric vehicle products that can gain a competitive advantage. The analysis recommends MEML focus on three main electric vehicle products: electric scooters, electric three-wheelers, and electric buses. Electric scooters and three-wheelers are recommended as their daily ranges meet customer needs and overnight home charging is convenient without discomfort. Electric buses are also recommended for local routes with daily distances buses can complete on a single charge.
Based on your analyses, what strategies would you recommend to MEML?
The strategies MEML should follow are:
1) MEML has to spend more money on innovation as Focussed research assistance that enables your company to identify attractive and innovative opportunities for a new product will help MEML gain a upper hand in the EV sector and moreover since in the current market the products are similar a new innovative product will help reduce the threat of substitute products. Basically, MEML should start focusing more on technology. 2) Based on an analysis MEML should focus on three main products. Products that have the potential to see reasonable growth on their own are Electric Scooters, Electric 3 Wheelers and Electric Buses. The reason for this is because: a. Scooters: With the average daily distance travelled by scooters well within the available ranges and with the possibility to get charging done overnight at homes without much discomfort, the technology challenges for this product/market are only moderate, making adoption for this segment much easier than for other consumer segments such as cars. b. 3 Wheelers: 3 wheelers have a business case that is somewhat similar to that for scooters; for this market segment however, electrified versions have an added attraction – lower running costs. For commercial 3 wheelers (especially passenger autorickshaws), lower running cost can be a big draw. c. Electric busses: these could be acceptable for local city buses, which perhaps run only a particular distance every day.