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E-Biking to Work

Apr 30, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #CEO Gozero Mobility, #Mr. Ankit Kumar

By Mr. Ankit Kumar, CEO Gozero Mobility.

With all the buzz on EVs and the government’s push towards incentives, charging infrastructure, and what not, let us bring to light one specific EV that is silently taking all the cities around the world by storm – the humble, silent, and ever nifty electric bicycle, aka e-bike.s

The typical working professional in an Indian metropolitan city lives within a radius of 10 km from their workspace. However, with the proliferation of motorized vehicles in all metropolitan cities, and the tacit label of status that is attached to the ownership of a motorized vehicle, our roads have become clogged with private cars and motorcycles. This has increased the average living expenses by around 1.2-1.5 lacs annually if you own a car or 30-50 thousand for a motorcycle. Tagging along with this has come numerous problems such as clogged roads, instances of road rage, and accidents, all of which have contributed to time wasted on the road and deteriorating mental health. This is also not to mention, the costs of air pollution and CO2 emissions making life in the city bleaker by the day.

Thanks to COVID-19, shared cabs like Uber Pool, Ola Share have been eliminated from the roads.

And here’s where e-bikes have come to be that light at the end of this tunnel of living in the city. Though the claim may be, the benefits of commuting by an e-bike far outweigh its minuscule cost (not more than 3000 a year) and the benefits that one may see out of commuting by motorcycle/car. The e-bike marries the bicycle and the motorcycle, providing us the best of both worlds – the fitness and light-on-wallet qualities of a bicycle and the effortlessness and swiftness of a motorcycle. The physical fitness offered seamlessly integrates into the busy lives of the average working professional, who are ever more sedentary than before.

But how is this important for corporates and employers? With improvement in physical fitness, and no time is wasted in traffic jams, reduced frustration from road rages and accidents, comes astronomical improvement in the mental health of their workers, thus further improving their efficiency – higher output and reduced leaves due to health issues.

Governments and businesses around the world have come to realize the true benefits of e-biking to work and have worked together in bringing schemes to encourage this habit. The UK government’s scheme of Biking to Work is one such example, where both parties have come together to subsidize the cost of ownership of e-bikes for their employees. Governments around the world have also cordoned off zones and lanes specifically for cycles and e-bikes, measures that have been adopted by the Kolkata government (which has announced 120 km of cycling lanes in the city).

Employers in India have begun to notice the benefits of e-bikes and have started taking the initiative of providing their employees with e-bikes and enjoying the benefits of costs saved and healthy employees. OEM brands working in the space of e-bikes need to join hands together to promote this habit to co-exist within all metropolises in order to make the impact significant on a global scale.

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Scenario of Electric Mobility in 2020 & The Expectations for the Coming Year

Dec 16, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #CEO Gozero Mobility, #Electric Mobility, #Mr. Ankit Kumar

By Mr. Ankit Kumar, CEO Gozero Mobility

Electric mobility was introduced in India in 2011 and over the last decade has been able to carve a space for itself in the mobility market, inevitably increasing its relevance in the lives of Indians.

In a market that has constantly prioritized mileage and upfront cost over all other factors, EVs were initially relegated to a very niche segment of the population. This was further exacerbated by the lack of charging infrastructure.

However, research in battery technology and increased availability of charging infrastructure (battery swapping or charging stations) have made electric mobility more compatible than before in everyday life. The space of electric mobility has seen the entry of a plethora of entrepreneurs, ranging from budding start-ups to decades-old conglomerates, where all have pitched in their two-cents on building the ecosystem of electric mobility in India. The segments that have grown in leaps and bounds are the two-wheeler and three-wheeler EVs. They have proven to be the most propitious segments in the urban regions and are expected to reach a count of 40 lakh units by 2025.

The unfortunate situation of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has opened the eyes of people and increased their understanding of how they are contributing to vehicular emissions. This has induced a great interest in the EV industry. Compounding this, the Indian government’s development of policies to support budding industries and businesses has brought about a great opportunity for the industry to have an escalated growth.

The pandemic has also made people less apathetic about their health, and more people have taken to biking as a fitness activity to keep up their good health, physically and mentally. This has inevitably increased the demand for e-bikes as they offer the option for fitness while allowing you to cover long distances with less effort. This combination of fun, fitness, and utility in terms of intra-city commuting has proven to be a hit amongst the masses.

With metropolitans having tasted the breath of fresh air after decades due to the initial phases of the lockdown, a bright future has been sparked for electric mobility. Behind the scenes, the government is also hard at work to promote the EV industry through schemes to subsidize the cost of manufacturing electric vehicles and e-bikes, so as to increase their usage on the roads, and it would not take long before electric mobility proves itself to be a catalyst in surging the nation’s economy.