Piaggio Launched Electric range of Passenger and Goods Carriers

Piaggio Small commercial vehicle maker Piaggio Vehicles on Tuesday marked its entry into the electric three-wheeler cargo segment with the launch of Ape E-Xtra FX at an introductory price of ₹3.12 lakh. The company also rolled out Ape E-City, the 2021 version of its passenger electric three-wheeler, at an introductory price of ₹2.83 lakh (both prices, ex-showroom and post FAME-II subsidy). Both the three-wheelers come with fixed batteries.

The Ape e-Xtra FX comes with a 9.5 kWh lithium-ion battery and fitted with a six-feet cargo deck. It can be customized as per the requirement of the function such as, as a delivery vans and garbage collector, among others. Both the new e-three-wheelers also get features such as blue vision headlamps, regenerative braking, multi-information instrument cluster and boost mode, hill hold assist as well as automatic transmission.

Flipkart 

has announced that it will deploy over 25,000 electric vehicles by the year 2030. The company has already started deploying two-wheeler and two-wheeler electric vehicles in multiple locations for delivery across India in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Guwahati and Pune among many. Flipkart says that its EV fleet will include 2-wheeler, 3-wheeler, and 4-wheeler vehicles that are designed and assembled in India. In order to make this happen, Flipkart has partnered with multiple EV players like Hero Electric, Mahindra  Electric and Piaggio. Moreover, the e-commerce player will place requirements in service contracts, install charging infrastructure close to its 1,400 supply chain facilities, conduct awareness programs, and also, encourage delivery executives to use EVs.