KAL to launch e-vehicles for commercial purposes

Thiruvananthapuram | Wednesday | 17th October, 2018

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"Hygienic pantry e-vehicles for street food vendors, e-vehicles with freezers for mobile fish sale and e-ambulance are set to be manufactured by KAL. We expect about 300 orders for e-vehicle pantry set with centralised kitchen," he said. "KAL is also developing e-autorickshaws as part of modernisation of Coir Machine Corporation. "Discussions were held with stakeholders including KAL to take it forward based on a road map," said K M Abraham.KAL chairman Karamana Hari said: "Of the Rs 34 crore working capital support offered by the state government for KAL, Rs 10 crore is set aside for e-vehicle manufacturing. We have already delivered 16 e-autorickshaws and would hand over 26 more next month, he said.Apart from this, KAL also plans to manufacture two lakh electric two-wheelers, 50,000 e-autorickshaws, 1,000 e-goods carriers, 3,000 e-buses and 100 e-ferry boats on a pilot basis by 2020..