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Electric Scooters Feedback

adarshpatil
14th May 2010
Electric scooters in India
blog1 Two wheeler EV's are relatively new in the market. Looking at the recent developments ans hype surrounding these EV's and also as a concerned resident of our planet (i mean global warming) i decided to buy one of these. I thus purchases a 750W two wheeler EV from Indus electric called YO BIKES.

Its now 1 and a half year and i am a very disappointed customer. The acceleration of this bike is very very bad. Plus as hyped the EV are not very very economical. Hey i m not saying they are not but they dont save a lot either. Maybe a buck or two per 5-6 kilometers. The range of this bike is another problem. For people living in small cities and towns this may not be much of a problem but the city dwellers please note that this does not give more than 20-30 km for a full charge on a single rider scenario. For a double ride it plunges down to 20-25.

The SPEED is another cause of concern as it does not go faster than 30-35 kms and its taken a very inclined road to reach 40. If u are going up a incline such as a flyover or elevated road dont expect this bike to above 20 kmph. At 37000 this is not a particularly good investment as a 100cc bikes are now available at this cost. At the end of the ride you ll be seeing people over take you at every juncture. The two wheeler EV is a relatively new industry and highly immature. I would thus ask people considering to buy one to wait for better releases than hurry and buy one.

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May 21, 2010

I had contemplated on buying one early this year for my wife. Thanks for the advice i'm now taking a second look. Might as well go for a Honda Activa or Mahindra Duro if it's this bad

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