TWO WHEELER - SPOTLIGHT
Electric Two-Wheelers For a Green Tomorrow Prabha Venkataram | Niveditha BA Elektrobit India Pvt. Ltd
In the developing economies, two and three-wheelers are the most prevalent modes of transportation. According to the reports from the UN Environment Programme, there are 270 million motorcycles on the road worldwide, with 50 million annual addition. Following this projection rate, by 2050, the two-wheeler population around the world is expected to rise to 400 million. Many of these vehicles work on the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), which is inefficient in terms of the particulate matter emission that is a cause for environmental concern. The particulate emission from a two-stroke two-wheeler is more than that of a passenger car. Think tanks such as the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India have repeatedly stressed that bikes and scooters are an environmental hazard. In India, 32% of air pollutants generated by the transport sector come from two-wheelers. The four-stroke engine is cleaner because it burns pure petrol; the two-stroke engine, on the
other hand, burns a combination of lubricating oil and petrol, and a fair amount of the oil is emitted as unburnt vapor. Fourstroke engines and adaptation of other cleaner emission technologies can reduce the emissions but cannot remove them. Globally, experts agree that moving the two-wheelers to electric mobility should be the priority in the developing nations. The UN Environment Programme is supporting transitional countries to develop national programs for the introduction of electric two and three-wheelers in Africa and Asia. Until recently, Electric Vehicles have been successful only in a few niche markets and in countries that have a very strong policy and infrastructure backup. However, over the last decade, a few circumstances have contributed to creating an opening and accelerating electric mobility to enter the mass market.
24 09 | 2021 BISinfotech
