Pure EV launches ETrance Plus electric scooter at Rs 56,999

ETrance Plus comes with a robust chassis design, body parts built for Indian road conditions, and advanced features like regenerative braking and indicator that shows the percentage of battery capacity remaining.

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad incubated startup PURE EV, announced the launch of its latest electric scooter model ‘ETrance Plus’ priced at ₹56,999 (ex-showroom).

The ETrance Plus, the company’s fifth product, comes with 1.25 KWH portable battery, all thanks to which you get a range of 65 km per single full charge, PURE EV said in a statement.

Pure EV says that it is on the course of expanding its manufacturing base to a larger facility with an annual capacity of 2 lakh electric vehicles (EVs) along with a battery manufacturing capacity of 5 GWh in comparison with the existing capacities of 20,000 EVs and 0.5 GWh. All of this will be achieved at a new 2 lakh sq ft plant, which the company intends to commission during 2021 to meet the anticipated growth in the Indian electric vehicles and lithium battery market, it added.

PuREnergy CEO Rohit Vadera said, “We are constantly innovating keeping in mind the requirements of middle-class Indian consumers. In this COVID-19 pandemic scenario, thrust on personal mobility has increased significantly and people are looking for electric scooters at affordable prices.”

He added that ‘ETrance Plus ‘ comes with a robust chassis design, body parts built for Indian road conditions and advanced features like regenerative braking and indicator that shows the percentage of battery capacity remaining. “We are confident that this model will meet the requirements of the majority of customers looking to buy EVs for their daily short commutes,” Vadera said.

PURE EV is electric vehicle vertical of the start-up PuREnergy which is incubated out of IIT Hyderabad and manufactures high performance Lithium batteries.