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The latest salvo in a battery swapping electric scooter arms race will see Taiwanese scooter giant KYMCO enter Europe via Italy with its Ionex electric scooters. KYMCO’s Ionex battery swap system competes directly with Gogoro’s own battery swap system, though Gogoro outnumbers KYMCO over 10:1 in its domestic market. Japanese motorcycle makers including Honda have also gotten into the battery swapping game, with each hoping their own system can become the standard. So far Gogoro is winning that war handily, but has…

Okinawa Autotech has announced that it will recall 3215 units of Praise Pro scooters to fix any issue related to batteries with immediate effect. While the company says that this is a part of its health check-up camp, it does come at a time when electric scooters are under scrutiny for catching fires. Okinawa says that the batteries will be checked for loose connectors or any damage and be repaired free of charge at any of the Okinawa authorized dealerships across India. To carry this out, the electric two-wheeler maker…

Ola scooters have been the talk of the town ever since the company made the announcement of them hopping on the electric bandwagon. Hindrances and glitches have been, unfortunately, a part of Ola’s attempts to become one of the leading EV manufacturers in the two-wheeler segment.Adding to the list is the recent incident that is going viral on the internet. A picture of an Ola scooter with its front suspension completely destroyed is, yet again, raising questions about the company’s quality of work. The picture surfaced…

When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine. This matters, because electric transport will be vital in our efforts to stem climate change. If all cars on the road became…

Credit: Shutterstock When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you'll picture a car. But there's a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine.…