Karnataka likely to launch electric two-

wheeler taxis project

To improve the last mile connectivity in public transportation the government of Karnataka is looking to deploy electric two-wheelers as taxis on Bengaluru roads. This initiative is called the “Electric Bike Taxi” project which is been included in the Karnataka’s budget for the financial year 2020-21. Let us see about electric two-wheeler taxis project. 

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The complete details of this project are not yet disclosed but several shared mobility companies like Rapido, Ola and Uber had been requesting the government to allow two-wheelers as taxis and roll out regulations.

Electric two-wheeler taxis project

The central government has been already approved the bike taxis but the Karnataka state government did not bring out any such rules.

Some of them are believing that this electric bike taxi project will revolutionise proposal from the Karnataka government and some have been sceptical about it for the lack of electric two-wheelers on the roads.

Vivekananda Hallekere, co-founder and CEO of Bounce, said that “The biggest reason bike taxis worked was that a person who had a scooter or motorbike could now make money ferrying people. The proposal by Karnataka would mean that people will need to start buying electric scooters and I don’t know how successful that would be.”

He also told that this will work out if the companies in the shared mobility space are ready to add electric scooters to their fleet.

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