A career consultant by profession, Antony John, 67, developed an electric vehicle that can run 60 km on a single charge. The career consultant uses this car for commuting between his home and office. Earlier, Antony John used to use an electric scooter for commuting, but with the passage of time, he wanted an electric car that could protect him from rain and sun.
It was in 2018 when he seriously started thinking about building an EV on his own. Two persons can easily ride in the car developed by Anthony. The body of the car was made by a garage, but all the wiring was done by Antony John himself. The car is named ‘Pulkudu’ after Anthony’s house. The car also gets headlights, fog light indicators and front and back wipers.
“The car uses only one unit of current, which costs 5. It is cost effective.
Electric vehicle retail sales in the country saw a more than three-fold increase in two-wheeler sales in the last fiscal, according to data compiled by automobile dealers’ body FADA.
The industry body said that total electric vehicle (EV) sales reached 4,29,217 units in 2021-22, more than three times from 1,34,821 units in FY 2020-21.
Total EV sales stood at 1,68,300 units in the financial year 2019-20. According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), electric passenger vehicle retail sales during the last fiscal stood at 17,802, more than three times from 4,984 units in FY2011.
Domestic auto major Tata Motors led the segment with a market share of 85.37 per cent across retail and vertical of 15,198 units. The Mumbai-based company’s retail sales stood at 3,523 units in 2020-21.
MG Motor India stood second with 11.49 per cent market share with 2,045 units sold in the last fiscal.
It sold 1,115 units in the financial year 2020-21.
Mahindra & Mahindra and Hyundai Motor India finished third and fourth with dispatches of 156 and 128 units respectively, both settling for a market share of less than 1 per cent. FADA data said M&M and Hyundai sold 94 and 184 units respectively in the 2020-21 financial year.
*With inputs from agencies
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