After so many hullabulla… and blah..blah… blah almost daily in the press for the last 3months… Bajaj Chetak manages just 2,000 bookings… bajaj guys should jump in the well… But they have no shame and tout this as an achievement.

Public is smart today… not like 10yrs or 20yrs ago when they enjoyed the License Raj. These companies cannot fool people today, especially when there are better products in the market!!!

Ather too is trying to exploit its customers than to provide facilities on it’s own.

Its like… if you want a charging facility then you need to pay for it.. directly or indirectly…

SORRY ATHER… today there are removable batteries available for other escooters. It’s not customers problem that you design a bike with a battery that is not only tiny but FIXED FOREVER like a fuel tank to the scooter.

Such situations allow assembled Chinese eScooters to thrive.

Till date the best electric 2 wheeler is Revolt, mainly because it has a lot of options for charging its battery.

After Hyundai got pleasantly surprised by 300 Kona EVs getting sold out… now its the turn of Morris Garages which had all its 2,800 ZS EV on offer… getting sold out!

Priced at 20 Lakhs the 340kms range beast with…

India’s electric two-wheeler manufacturer Hero Electric has appealed to the government to take a re-look at the government’s FAME II scheme, or Faster Adoption and Manufacture of Electric (and Hybrid) Vehicles, since it has not helped low cost electric vehicles pick up sales, as that is the segment which contributes to maximum volumes in the electric vehicle category, and not premium electric vehicles. According to Hero Electric, while the FAME II scheme was aimed to promote adoption of electric vehicles, the government needs to include low speed two-wheelers, as these cost effective vehicles are essential for mass adoption of electric vehicles.

We at PlugInCaroo feel that lack of support for slow scooters was a MAJOR SETBACK for the Governement’s EV Policy. FAME2 took 1 step ahead and 3 steps back. FAME2 was out and out support for Li-Ion batteries. This step motherly treatment of supporting one technology and ignoring other technology is wrong. LET THE MARKET DECIDE for heaven sake!

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In 2015 Cochin International Airport (CIAL) had become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by solar energy.  It had received praise from across the world and was awarded the United Nation’s 2018 Champions of the Earth Award for Entrepreneurial Vision. The energy self-sufficient airport had become a model that has been replicated around the country and the world.

Now following its footsteps, the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium in the city is all set to adopt renewable energy to run it.

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