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Bounce Infinity Raises $20M in Funding from Existing Investors

Electric Vehicles India

The company ships to South Africa, Nepal, Kuwait, South America, and Sri Lanka. The company could offer customers the option of renting batteries that charge from the grid, similar to how they refuel petrol-powered scooters. According to sources, three new models will be launched this year.

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Maruti Suzuki WagonR turns 25: What makes it a champion in a world of SUVs

Baua Electric

litre F10D petrol engine? While WagonR is also manufactured in other countries, Suzuki uses units made in India to send to foreign markets like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, among others. And while the Hyundai model too was a blockbuster hit, it is the WagonR that stood the test of time. Power steering?

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places.