Ajay is an employee, want to buy a new bike to travel from home to office. He needs to travels 50 km daily which is equal to 1500 km per month. He got two options in front, one is a petrol bike and the other is an electric scooter. So, how Ajay saved 1,39,475 Rupees Using an Electric Scooter in India? Read the article till the end to know!

Save up to 1,39,475 Rupees Using an Electric Scooter in India

With the budget amount in mind, Ajay selected two vehicles to compare, both are from Hero MotoCorp.

1)Hero Glamour 125 cc, the price is 70,000 rupees.

2)Hero Electric Photon price is 87,000 rupees.

Expenses of Hero Glamour 125 cc

Ajay prepared a detailed chart for the expenses and maintenance costs for Hero Glamour 125 CC.

• He divided the expenses into a day, month and years.
• Liter Petrol price at present – 75.61 rupees
• Hero Glamour 125 cc mileage is 60 km per liter petrol
• He needs to travel 50 km per day.
• Cost for each trip is around 63 rupees.
• For a month he needs to spend 25 liters of petrol to travel 1500 km
• Additional costs like 1000 insurance for a year, 120 rupees for pollution clearance.

After seeing the data, he gets surprised to realize that, 5 years of petrol bike expenses is equal to his one year salary.

Expenses of Hero Electric Photon

Ajay looks at the detailed chart for the expenses and maintenance costs for Hero Electric Photon.

• He divided the expenses into a day, month and years.
• Electricity charge for 1 Unit or 1KW is  – 1.45 rupees
• Hero Electric Photon gives 85 km range for a full charge
• Hero Electric Photon battery capacity is 2.7 kWh approximately
• He needs to travel 50 km per day.
• 48.6 kW of power needed for 1 month to travel 1500 km
• Cost for each trip is around 3.3 rupees.
• 18 full charges are needed for 1 month
• 99 rupees electricity bill per month.

Below is the electricity bill for 49 Units

Electric Scooter in India saved Ajay 1,39,475 Rupees

He felt astonished to know that electric scooters don’t need any kind of maintenance and insurance, which can save him a lot of money.

5940 rupees is the 5 years expenses amount for an electric bike.

1,45,415 rupees is the 5 years expenses amount for a petrol bike, which is the cost of two Heroe Glamour 125 cc, which is approximately 25 times more than an electric scooter expense.

He subtracted electric scooter expenses from petrol bike expenses and understood he can save up to 1,39,475 rupees using an electric scooter.

1,45,415 – 5,940 = 1,39,475

Finally, Ajay decided to buy an electric scooter to save his money. What are you waiting for? Start purchase an electric scooter to save money and save the earth from global warming.

Note: Ajay is a fictional character created to explain the importance of Electric Scooter in India

Note: Electricity Bill may vary for different States

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