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EV Makers Dilemma – Bike, Car or SUV?

It’s one of the most exciting design challenges of our time. It’s a very rare opportunity to reinvent a common object. Even more difficult is to decide not only what kind of vehicle needs to be reinvented but also the size of that vehicle? Which market sector should these EV companies decide to cater to? Cars? Bikes? Trikes?

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More Car Sales happen in the B (super-mini) segment – Each car priced around Rs 300,000!

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What size is right for Electric Cars?

Most of the designs of the Electric car are compact or small in size and a slogan below it describes it as good for City Driving and easier to park. This is true for all the new Petrol cars that are being developed. How many people buy car thinking about easier parking? Not me and I bet nor did you!
Hey think again… Petrol as a resource is perishable resource but when you are designing cars that run on sunshine why would you want to reduce the size? That would be a really silly thing to do. Also remember longer and wider cars can accommodate bigger batteries.

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