Piaggio reportedly has an electric scooter for India in the works 
Good information coming in from the home of Piaggio India, of us. It appears the Italian two-wheeler producer is engaged on an electric scooter for India or so the newest media reviews declare. As the electric two-wheeler market in the nation picks up tempo and quickly at that, an increasing number of corporations have been foraying into the section. So, it comes as no shock to see Piaggio India in the market too. Anyway, again to the firm’s work on the new e scooter: phrase has it is going to be one other two years or so until the electric scooter’s improvement work is completed. In reality, the automaker reportedly additionally desires to make sure that its electric scooters stay a viable proposition even in the absence of the authorities subsidies which might be at present provided in the nation.
For the second, Piaggio sells petrol-powered scooters and business autos in India. Interestingly, the firm is already providing electrified fashions of its business autos, together with that of the Ape electric three-wheeler.
Diego Graffi, CEO and MD, Piaggio India, advised ETAuto, “We are interested in providing customers with a solution in the two-wheeler space that (makes sense) even beyond the effect of subsidies. It is a matter of fact that the players that have entered recently in this space are gaining volumes on the base of subsidies.” He added, “We just don’t want to enter the market for the sake of entering. We will have a powertrain that will be based on our specifications. We do not want to take anything off the shelf. That’s why it’s taking more time.”
Despite the undeniable fact that the Indian electric autos market continues to be in a nascent stage, now we have seen an inflow of electric two-wheelers from not solely established gamers however a complete lot of startups as nicely. We have choices from Ather Energy, Bajaj Auto, Hero Electric, TVS, Okinawa, and a loads of different automakers who’re driving the progress of this more and more profitable market in India.