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TVS Motor launches electric scooter

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The vehicle is an ideal choice for women
The unique feature of the bike is range selector

CHENNAI: TVS Motor Company on Wednesday launched its first electric scooter — Scooty Teenz Electric — in Gujarat.

Aimed at teenage girls, Scooty Teenz Electric is easy to use and maneuver. “It is an ideal choice for young women, who need mobility and whose daily travel is limited to around 15-25 km a day,” says a release from the company.

The electric scooter, the release says, can generate an average range of 40 km per nine hours of charge. This can increase by fifty per cent if the rider opts for lower speed by using a unique feature of thebike, the range selector. The range selector allows the rider to select a preferred range, either high or low.

The scooter is available in red, black and lilac, which come with vibrant contemporary graphics.

It is equipped with large utility spaces. Prominent features of the scooter include a low charge indicator, puncture-resistant tyres and a mobile charger. The low charge indicator starts glowing around two-to-five kilo meters before charge runs out in the low range mode and around six-to-ten kilo meters before charge runs out in high range mode.

TVS Motor Company will leverage its extensive dealer network to provide service back-ups at all dealerships, the release adds.

This vehicle falls under the L1 category. Therefore, as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), one can get a learner’s licence for this bike at 16 years of age as against 18 for motorcycles, the release says. The ex-showroom (Gujarat) price is Rs. 32,500.

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