Honda Activa converted into electric scooter ranges 45km

A Pune based EV specialist Hemank Dabhade converted a Honda Activa scooter into an electric scooter which gives a range of 45 km. As electric vehicles are very popular in India and its quite popular in the EV industry too. Currently in India, we have electric scooters from popular brands such as Ather Energy, Bajaj Auto, Hero Electric, TVS, etc. 

Honda Activa converted by Hemank Dabhade

Hemank Dabhade believes that electric powertrains have got immense potential when compared to petrol or a diesel vehicle.Hemank has developed an e-scooter over a first-generation Honda Activa.

Hemank while converting this scooter he completely focused on its internals and some of the ICE mechanicals were retained in the conversion. The CVT system is taken from the donor albeit tweaked.

Upcoming electric scooters list 2020 

The retrofitted scooter is equipped with a 1kW (1.34bhp) BLDC motor coupled to a 1.44kWh lithium-ion battery pack. It can give a top speed of 65 kmph. On a full charge, it can give 45 km on a single riding and with a pillion, it can give 35 km. It can be charged with a regular wall charger which will take time around 4 to 4.5 hours. The battery is placed under the seat storage compartment and Hemank wants to move it to footboard in his next electric scooter.

Recently, the World’s famous and a market leader Honda which is a two-wheelers manufacturer has filed a patent in India for its electric scooter which is having two batteries. The patent is filed in India but it seems to be a global product. 

Honda filed a patent for electric scooter with 2 batteries

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