Why the unorganised sector, thanks to e-rickshaws, leads India's EV growth

While everyone's attention is riveted on electric two-wheelers and cars, e-rickshaws have proliferated, putting the unorganised sector in the forefront

October of 2014 was a defining moment for last-mile mobility in the country. The feudal practice of plying on a paddle rickshaw pulled by humans was to go away with the advent of electric rickshaws, or e-ricks, as the GenZ of Delhi University likes to call them.
 

Running on a battery, these e-rickshaws are a design amalgamation of a Kinetic Luna and a shrunk Vikram tempo. With a government-approved definition announced then, the e-rickshaws soon took over the streets: From Metro parking to crowded markets, from capital cities to Tier III towns.
 

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