Piaggio Joins Hands With Sun Mobility To Roll Out 'E-Auto'

Avishek Banerjee Dec 18, 2019

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL) marked its entry into the electric vehicle segment by launching Ape’ E-City and Ape’ E-City FX under Ape’ Electrik range. Piaggio, Ape E-City, is the first main-stream electric three-wheeler to be launched on SUN Mobility’s integrated open-architecture platform, that supports a variety of 2 and 3 wheelers.

To be rolled out first in Chandigarh, Mohali and Gurgaon, the partnership will see a network of 50 SUN Mobility Quick Interchange Stations, spread across 10 cities in India, by March 2020. The aim of this partnership is to further the adoption of affordable and clean last-mile connectivity, while also addressing the current issues around air quality in the regions.

While Ape’ E-City e-auto, which comes along with a swappable battery technology, comes with an introductory ex showroom price of Rs. 197000/- (Ex-New Delhi), the prices of E-City (which will be equipped with fixed battery technology) will be announced once it is commercially available. The wholly-owned subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group has announced that Ape’ Electrik will have full range of electric vehicles across various categories in phases.

Diego Graffi, MD & CEO of Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. said, “We believe in providing path breaking solutions in the last mile transportation segment with the best in class technology offerings to our customers. We have developed both Swappable & Fixed Battery technology solutions to serve the varied needs of the customers. We have faith that with the government’s focus on EVs in the 3 wheeler category and Piaggio’s own vision of developing innovative EV solutions, mass adoption of EVs is a near reality.”

“Our network of swapping stations, along with our ‘pay-as-you-go’ model, combined with our user-friendly app will significantly increase the ease at which drivers can avail our services, and reduce their concerns around driving range, charging times and battery related operational costs. Our proven solution which has clocked over 1 million+ emission free kms and transported 1.5 million+passengers till date, makes a very compelling value proposition for 3-wheeler drivers. Our aim is to continue to revolutionize the last-mile connectivity across the 2 and 3-wheelers, and buses in the country. And, this is another stepping-stone to achieve that,” stated Chetan Maini, Co- Founder and Vice-Chairman, SUN Mobility.