E-trio Automobiles is going to launch retrofitted electric vehicles in India. The Telangana-based start-up is said to be the first Indian company to get ARAI approval to provide retrofitted electric car kits for the Maruti Alto and Wagon R hatchbacks.
The company says that these retrofitted electric cars do not require gears, come with swift acceleration and can travel up to 150km on a single charge. The start-up's factory has a capacity of converting 1,000 cars per month. It has also said that it is ready to sell kits as well as retrofitted cars in the market.
The retrofitted EV kits have been sourced from China and Korea while the kit's ‘Controller’ has been developed in-house. The company has been testing cars for a claimed two years with the immediate goal to roll out at least 5,000 cars in the next year.
“Retrofitting is the way to go and need of the hour and these smart cars currently are the most efficient and economical cars compared to our counterparts in the market,” said Sathya Yalamanchili, founder of E-trio Automobiles. “Our vision is to create e-mobility which inspires and nurtures pollution-free India. We believe that affordable range is the key to helping electro-mobility achieve a breakthrough in the near future.”
An R&D team from San Francisco, headed by Stanford Alumni, has been providing technology guidance to E-trio. In the long run, E-trio plans to get kit approvals for other fast-moving models in India and is currently conversing with some leading car manufacturers from Japan and Thailand.
E-trio Automobiles is looking forward and hopes for 100 percent EV adoption in India by the year 2030.
from Autocar India - Cars https://ift.tt/2za9Ho2
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