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ETO Motors Arrives In Hyderabad During ‘Go Electric’ Campaign
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yderabad-based electric mobility as a service (EMaaS) provider, ETO Motors showcased its passenger and cargo vehicles ETO TRILUX & ETO Bulke Plus at the launch of the ‘Go Electric’ Campaign in Hyderabad. The campaign has been supported by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TSREDCO). ETO Motors deploys electric vehicles (EVs) all across the country, owns and operates the fleets. With shared mobility picking up, the company is counting on people moving from vehicle ownership model to the vehicle access model. The company provides comprehensive electric mobility solutions including, EV manufacturing, EV fleet management (for the passenger and cargo), along with the EV
battery swapping & charging infrastructure. AT the event, the firm launched a special scheme for drivers to enable them to become owners. ETO vehicles come with a wheel sizes of 13 Inches with disc brakes in the front and drum brakes in the rear, a reverse camera, powerful driver motors, and the a certified range of up to 148 km. ETO Motors’ portfolio includes e-rickshaws, e-Autos, and electric four-wheelers in both passenger and cargo segments. The firm claims that over150 passenger vehicles from ETO Motors are already being used for ride-sharing at the metro stations in Delhi, Noida, Nagpur. The company is on its way to start the service in Hyderabad and Pune also in due course. Its more than 200 cargo vehicles are part of delivery fleets of Amazon, Flipkart, Big
Basket, Grofers, Udaan, and many more, claims the firm. The use of ETO Bulke Plus for last-mile connectivity and delivery is helping firms meet their sustainability goals, says the firm. The company claims a strong order book of over 3,000 Cargo vehicles from multiple players from the e-commerce industry. ETO Motors’ various electric mobility solutions include the availability of charging infrastructure – the Thunder Smart Charger. This EV charging box can be installed quickly in available space at a very low investment, allowing the space owner to earn revenues. The Thunder Smart Charger can be used to charge any EV, irrespective of the make or brand. No numbers have been shared by the firm for us to verify the veracity of this claim.
COGOS Expands Its Fleet with 2500 New Electric Vehicles
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n an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of its fleet and to achieve sustainable growth, Bangalore-based COGOS, the end-to-end enterprise logistics company, has announced plans to expand its fleet by 2500 electric vehicles (EVs). The company will expand across major cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Gujarat, and later in Maharashtra and Tamilnadu. This fleet is expected to achieve a reduction of 15000 tonnes of CO2, when running at full capacity, per year. The fleet addition will take place in a phased manner over the next 24 months. COGOS has partnered with OEMs (Original Equipment manufacturers) including Altigreen, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Piaggio to enable its sustainable growth. Currently, the company
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operates with three-wheeler commercial vehicles that have a payload capacity of 500 kgs and is already working with the OEMs for four-wheeler EVs with a capacity of 1 tonne. These EVs will be used for the e-commerce, grocery, distribution, and mobility sector. COGOS has already entered into deployment agreements of 500+ vehicles for leading
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E-Com Enterprise and another 300+ with Food, FMCG, and Mobility enterprises, as per the claims. The firm is also bridging another gap by educating potential fleet owners on the benefits of EV. One such benefit is that the cost of operating the commercial EV is only INR 50 paise per kilometer, which is multiple times lesser than fossil-fuel-based vehicles.
Speaking on its plans to achieve environmentally sustainable growth, Co-founder & CEO of COGOS, Mr. Prasad Sreeram, said, “It is important for us, as a logistics company, to focus not just on efficiency and cost, but also on sustainability. With this fleet augmentation of 2500 EVs, we are on track to achieve as much as 30 percent of our revenues from green technologies by 2023.”