Polarity launches 6 electric two-wheelers

wheelguy · 21st September 2019, 08:42

L-R: Sachin Jadhav, CMD, Polarity; Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries & Mining, government of Maharashtra and Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport.

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One of the latest entrants in the domestic EV segment is Pune-based e-mobility start-up Polarity, which launched six electric two-wheelers – S1K, S2K, S3K, E1K, E2K and E3K – where the ‘S’ stands for Sports and ‘E’ denotes Executive, with prices starting at Rs 38,000 and going up to Rs 110,000. The pre-bookings have begun on the company’s website for a refundable deposit of Rs 1,001, with deliveries set to begin in the first quarter of 2020.

The company says it has filed over 20 international patents for its Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV) range. Responding to Autocar Professional's query on the company's future plans, Sachin Jadhav, CMD, Polarity, said: "We have more exciting products in the pipeline. We plan to launch an electric car in a year. It will look like a sports car but its performance will be tuned to that of a economy car."

Polarity opened bookings for its electric two-wheeler range today, following which it will gauge market demand and decide on the product positioning. Deliveries are expected to start from Auto Expo 2020. Interestingly, the electric two-wheelers seem to be well-suited from e-commerce and food delivery companies.

The company says it has also seen much interest from European markets. According to Jadhav, "The focus right now is towards personal buyers, maybe in the future we will look at the export and B2B segment."

Polarity has said that the battery cells, motor and controller will be imported, the rest will be locally sourced. The company is targeting sales of 15,000 PMVs a year.

Source: Autocar Professional

CrAzY dRiVeR · 23rd September 2019, 08:27

Introductory video from ACI -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te72nZww8xk

timuseravan · 23rd September 2019, 08:53

Looks interesting but it is a weird mishmash of cycle and electric bike.
As a cycle, 45 kg at a minimum is a too huge a weight to pedal regularly.

But as an electric bike, how will the cycle tires and cycle disc brakes work? Especially for the models which can go at 80 or even 100 kmph.

I think they need to dump the "cycle" pretense and go full electric bike.
Or is it the case they get some tax/regulation benefit by pretending it is a cycle?

23rd September 2019, 08:53	#3
timuseravan BHPian Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Pune Posts: 608 Thanked: 1,035 Times	Re: Polarity launches 6 electric two-wheelers Looks interesting but it is a weird mishmash of cycle and electric bike. As a cycle, 45 kg at a minimum is a too huge a weight to pedal regularly. But as an electric bike, how will the cycle tires and cycle disc brakes work? Especially for the models which can go at 80 or even 100 kmph. I think they need to dump the "cycle" pretense and go full electric bike. Or is it the case they get some tax/regulation benefit by pretending it is a cycle?
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