Firms rev up for electric bikes
R. SURYAMURTHY
A two-wheeler by Global Automobiles at the Auto Expo. Picture by Prem Singh
New Delhi, Jan. 14: Two-wheeler makers in the country are keen on electric bikes.
These bikes run on electricity that is derived from batteries recharged from electrical outlets.
With soaring fuel prices, firms expect a good demand for such bikes.
To win converts, manufacturers are also spicing up their offerings.
Take TVS Motors’ concept vehicle X-Fossil — which can move at speeds of 140 kilometres per hour and go from zero to 100 in just 3.2 seconds.
X-Fossil is loaded with high-tech components and coloured white.
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Mar 22, 2008
zip, zap, zoom
2-wheeler fingers crossed
R. SURYAMURTHY
New Delhi, Jan. 10: The people’s car may not have scared fellow four-wheelers on the road but one segment doesn’t like it at all — the zip, zap, zoom brigade.
Two-wheeler makers are clearly nervous, though they are not yet scrambling to jazz up their old “horses”.
Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said two-wheelers had their “own market” and “do not compete” with cars. “In fact, we are launching motorcycles priced higher than the Rs 1-lakh car launched today.”
But he was worried. “We have to see how the Tata Nano performs,” he added.
R. SURYAMURTHY
New Delhi, Jan. 10: The people’s car may not have scared fellow four-wheelers on the road but one segment doesn’t like it at all — the zip, zap, zoom brigade.
Two-wheeler makers are clearly nervous, though they are not yet scrambling to jazz up their old “horses”.
Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said two-wheelers had their “own market” and “do not compete” with cars. “In fact, we are launching motorcycles priced higher than the Rs 1-lakh car launched today.”
But he was worried. “We have to see how the Tata Nano performs,” he added.
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