Highlight
- Deliveries of the Simple One electric scooter has delayed, and they won’t start until the first quarter of 2023 at the earliest.
- CEO Suhas Kumar claims that the delay is due to the new rules imposed by MoRTH regarding battery safety.
- The scooters will shipped out in August 2021, almost 1.5 years after they were first sold.
The delivery of Simple Energy’s high-end electric scooter, the Simple One, has delayed once again by the company. The first quarter of 2023 will now serve as the new delivery date. The Bengaluru-based business has pushed back its delivery date as MoRTH announces new standards regarding battery safety. Chief Executive Officer Suhas Kumar has said that he motivated to bring a certified product to market, and safety is still the company’s first concern. Follow our website, Newsyblogy, for the latest updates!!!!!
The premium version of the Simple One electric scooter was released in August 2021, and it speculated that it would hit the market by 2022. The new delivery timetable indicates that the product will be available to consumers after about a year and a half. It initially shown in the market.
It is simply that, once again, the arrival of an electric scooter will delayed.
The start of distribution of the electric scooter, expected to happen sometime in 2022, has delayed even further. Simple Energy recently indicated that it will start shipping its Simple One high-end electric scooter in the first quarter of 2023. It is important to note that the new delivery date will be around a year and a half after the first electric scooters. They offered for sale in the country.
But Suhas Rajkumar, CEO, and producer of Simple Energy argues that this is so that the company can better meet the new safety norms for batteries by the Indian government’s Department of Road Transport and Highways. “Due to new laws regarding battery safety being passed by the government, Simple decided to suspend deliveries of the Simple One until our vehicles are certified to meet the new requirements regulations,” Suhas said.
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The CEO also emphasized that safety is essential and thanked the customers for their patience. In recent years, there have been many fires in India, and many people have died. The most recent incident involved a fire caused by a short circuit in the battery pack of a scooter. The fire spread to a hotel above an authorized dealership, where eight people killed. There are many calamities for the government to take responsibility for.
Price of a simple electric scooter in India
The Simple One electric scooter released at Rs 1.10 lakh (ex-showroom) (ex-showroom). It will compete with the Ola S1 Pro, Ather 450X, TVS i-Cube, Bajaj Chetak, Okinawa Okhi 90, and Hero Motorcorp Veida V1 Pro. Two different battery pack types are available: a model with a fixed battery pack of 3.2 kWh, a removable battery pack of 1.6 kWh, and a model with a limited battery pack of 3.2 kWh and two removable battery packs pack models of 1.6 kWh each. It said that the first one has a range of 236 km. While the second one has a range of at least 300 km.