Why Electrifying Bikes In India Is Essential

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It was a couple of month in the past that CleanTechnica printed a press launch about TDK investing in Ultraviolette to affect extra bikes. I reached out to get some further particulars as a result of India is an unlimited marketplace for two-wheel autos and switching to scrub, electrical ones is healthier for lowering air air pollution that’s dangerous to individuals and the setting. There are different electrical car advantages as properly.

Ravi Jain, Funding Director at TDK Ventures, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.

Why is it necessary to affect bikes in India?

Electrification of bikes is the important thing to decarbonization of 2W mobility in India, which represents over 70% of all mobility in India and accounts for 60% of gasoline consumption. Motorbike gross sales are 2x the scooter gross sales in India. Whereas scooters are seeing ~20% penetration of EV, bikes are at 0.1%. This means {that a} very good portion of 2W mobility stays untouched from electrifications. Startups tackling this drawback could make an awesome impression.

What number of fuel bikes are there in India?

The variety of bikes is roughly 250 M and is nearly completely petrol powered. Yearly 20M new bikes are offered in India. Petrol’s share right now is roughly 99.9%.

Are they widespread in Indian cities that even have dangerous and unhealthy air air pollution?

Sure, bikes are 2/third of all 2W and their utilization is pretty uniformly distributed throughout India.

What number of electrical motorbike fashions does Ultraviolette have?

Ultraviolette has 2 fashions which they’re presently promoting particularly, the F77 Mach 2 and F77 Superstreet. They introduced the launch and opened registrations of their first scooter product, Tesseract, and a journey bike, named Shockwave. Over 70,000 pre-registrations have been acquired for these merchandise and deliveries of those will start in early 2026.

Do electrical motorbike riders cost principally at dwelling?

Sure, dwelling charging is essentially the most used methodology throughout 2W, together with bikes.

Can they lower your expenses by charging with electrical energy as an alternative of paying for gasoline?

Sure, the month-to-month financial savings on gas are ~70% when shoppers swap to electrical.

What motivates fuel motorbike house owners to change to electrical bikes?

There are 3 main causes: EV bikes provide higher efficiency, higher connectivity options and an general decrease price of possession. These are driving the swap from fuel bikes to electrical bikes.

What is going to Ultraviolette do with the brand new funds?

Launch extra merchandise throughout the 2W segments; b) Scale capability to fabricate ~100,000 autos and c) improve distributions in India and EU.