This e-car can vroom at 120kmph

  • | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

Vasu Deva Reddy, founder of ev-max, said their web and app-based facility will help customers buy or sell their electric vehicles. “It took us a year and Rs 12 lakh to come up with a fully electric race car weighing around 250kg, excluding the driver,” said Shrikesh S, team captain of Chimera. It will take the vehicle around four hours to be fully charged.The electric car was one of the main attractions at the three-day Electric Vehicle Technology Expo (EV South EXPO) that began in Jayanagar on Friday. “Our focus switched from hybrid to electric as we believe electric is the future. Once charged, it can run up to 100km for six to eight hours,” Sharma said.

BENGALURU: After hybrid vehicles , the latest in the host of innovations by students of RV College of Engineering is a single-seater electric race car which, they claim, can cover 75m in five seconds and touch a maximum speed of 120kmph.Operating under the banner of Team Chimera, the latest product in the college stable was built from scratch and can cover a distance of 40km at a racing speed once it is fully charged, said students. It will take the vehicle around four hours to be fully charged.The electric car was one of the main attractions at the three-day Electric Vehicle Technology Expo (EV South EXPO) that began in Jayanagar on Friday. “It took us a year and Rs 12 lakh to come up with a fully electric race car weighing around 250kg, excluding the driver,” said Shrikesh S, team captain of Chimera. “Our focus switched from hybrid to electric as we believe electric is the future. This car was designed and built by students on the college premises,” he added The expo is showcasing the latest, technologically advanced and pollution-free twoand three-wheeled electric vehicles like e-rickshaws, ecarts, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-bicycles as well as e-loaders by over 40 national and international companies.Starting October 2, Hyderabadbased ev-max, an electric vehicle online store, will focus on creating an ecosystem for faster adoption of electric vehicles. Vasu Deva Reddy, founder of ev-max, said their web and app-based facility will help customers buy or sell their electric vehicles. It will also have information on service stations, charging points and spare parts for their e-vehicles.A private firm is offering battery-operated vehicles, at Rs 1.2 lakh, to collect segregated waste. Sahil Sharma, director of Haryana-based Arzoo Vehicles, said: “Each hydraulic garbage loader can carry waste of 350-700kg; it will have provision to collect wet and dry waste separately.” The company is in talks with BBMP to operate these vehicles in Bengaluru. Once charged, it can run up to 100km for six to eight hours,” Sharma said.

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