{"id":4328,"date":"2008-11-10T18:54:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2008-11-10T23:53:56","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T18:23:56","slug":"bsa-launches-5-new-escooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/bsa-launches-5-new-escooters\/","title":{"rendered":"BSA launches 5 new eScooters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As planned BSA motors today univeiled series of scooters and officially made its foray into the robust electric vehicle market. The new scooters &#8211; smile,diva,street rider,roamer and roamer+\u00a0 will cater to the need various section of the people. The eScooters are manufactured at the BSA Motors new plant in Ambattur, with an investment of Rs.200 million for the first phase. The Ambattur plant has an initial production capacity of 150 eScooters a day which can be ramped upto 300 units per day as and when required. The first batch of eScooters would be rolled out from Chennai on 10th November 2008. Commenting on the occasion, Mr. M M Murugappan, Chairman, Tube Investments of India said, \u201cWe see our entry into the electric two wheeler market as a logical extension of our current business, from bicycles to electric two wheelers. The eScooters is presently a Rs.450 crore market in India and the industry is expected to double in a year\u2019s time. BSA\u2019s foray into the eScooters category helps us to expand our portfolio in the two wheeler market. He also added, \u201cBSA eScooters will undoubtedly be the next big success from TII.\u201d<br \/>\nThe five models of the BSA eScooters are,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Smile<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; The most competitively priced e-Scooter in the country for the age group of 13 to 18 years; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for\u00a0 riding this eScooter<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Diva<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; First e-Scooter designed exclusively for girls in the age group of 16 to 20 years; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for\u00a0 riding this eScooter<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Street Rider<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; Unisex sportz model from teen to twenties; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for\u00a0 riding this eScooter<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Roamer<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; For working men and women for the age group of 18 to 25 years; 500 W, top speed of 40kmph, requires license and registration.<br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Roamer+<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; The Family eScooter; 800W, top speed of 45kmph, requires license and registration<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture of BSA escooters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/bsa_escooters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4333\" title=\"bsa_escooters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/bsa_escooters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/bsa_motors_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4334\" title=\"bsa_motors_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/bsa_motors_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As planned BSA motors today univeiled series of scooters and officially made its foray into the robust electric vehicle market. The new scooters &#8211; smile,diva,street rider,roamer and roamer+\u00a0 will cater to the need various section of the people. The eScooters are manufactured at the BSA Motors new plant in Ambattur, with an investment of Rs.200 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/bsa-launches-5-new-escooters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BSA launches 5 new eScooters&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[558],"tags":[1484,533,1482,1954,412,738,452,1956,1955,157,923],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4332,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions\/4332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}