Category: Electric Bikes

  • Electric Bikes to be converted from the traditional ICE

    Tomy Huang who is the president director of PT Trimentari Niaga said that motorcycle aftermarkets parts producer has capacity for converting thousands of the motorcycles from the traditional ICE into the electric bikes monthly.

    This has been explained during the electric vehicle funday event at Central Jakarta

    Also Read : Rwanda electric Vehicles not going as planned by the government. – EV World News

    Huang said that BRT has been able to convert thousands every month. Because they are not a motor garage but a manufacturer. They can reach thousands as they produce their own spare parts.

    The company which had been initially established as a provider of motorcycle racing aftermarket parts for close to 2 decades now and has 150 network dealerships across the 27 provinces in the country of Indonesia that will be able to offering electric motor conversion kits to be installed in the traditional motorcycles.

    They are saying that they will grow that to the 1000 existing networks by the month of June of 2023. Huang who had asserted that Electric Vehicle manpower is going to wear the yellow uniforms.

    Huang has asserted that BRT services are only going to need roughly the 45 minutes for swapping an electric motor into the motorcycle with the fuel-based engines.

    When it comes to early stages, the company had started with 3 days for converting a traditional motorcycle for a fully-functional motorcycle.

    Also Read: Rwanda electric Vehicles not going as planned by the government. – EV World News

    When it comes the cost, he explained that the motorcycles under 115cc engine capacity is going to be equipped with the 2-kw motor which is going to cost as much as Rp7.5 million but is going to exclude the battery which is going to be subject to the government subsidy program in near future. The cost of the assembling electric components and all the paperwork for the electric motorcycle which is going to reach Rp9.65 million. It is important to keep the electric vehicles

  • Bajaj Auto Invests In Micro-Mobility Yulu

    E-rickshaws to lead the electric vehicle revolution in India.

    Bajaj Auto Ltd is going to now invest in the cycle sharing platform based out of Bengaluru named Yulu. Bajaj is the 2nd biggest manufacturer of motorcycles in India. This platform offers bicycles and electric cycles for connectivity to the last mile.

    This is coming in the wake of mobility landscape changing in India. The interest from Bajaj Auto has coincided with the interest of Uber in this sector. Also, Bajaj Auto has Rajiv Bajaj at the top in this firm.

    The companies have together issued a statement. Further the statement says that Bajaj is going to invest about $8 million in the bike sharing company Yulu. The reason, complimenting the relationship between both the companies.

    Additionally, Yulu is going to source from the electric two wheelers of Bajaj. These EVs have been manufactured and co-designed for micro mobility sharing. Also, Bajaj is considering facilitation of vehicle financing requirements that Yulu has for the deployment of large scale electric vehicles.

    Bajaj and Yulu

    The start-up is engaged in urban mobility. It has Amit Gupta and RK Misra as their co-founders. Furthermore, it has gained traction from investors and capitalists.

    A lot of Indian cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Bhuvneshwar, Delhi and Pune launched this service. For congestion reduction and control of pollution, the shared micro-mobility can come in handy in future, says Bajaj; and this is what will drive this segment.

    This along with the rapid transport like Metro will help larger cities boost the demand for Yulu. This is because it provides last mile connectivity in a flexible manner.

    This was the primary reason why they took this decision of partnering with Yulu. Rajiv Bajaj mentioned this in his statement.