Lahore: Sazgar Engineering Works recently\nannounced its intention to introduce the country\u2019s first locally produced\nelectric rickshaw service to the market soon \u2014 with a delay in the release of\nthe government\u2019s Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy provided as the main reason for\nthe holdup, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rickshaw has been wholly manufactured\nand designed in Pakistan. The company indicated that as an alternative to a\npetrol engine, this new e-rickshaw comes with an electric battery that is\nmonitored by a controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, the EcoRik Li-Ion\nbattery used by Sazgar comes with a capacity of 48V, 125Ah, and 6Kwh. The\nbattery will take five hours to charge and the rickshaw is expected to travel a\ndistance of up to 175 kilometres with passengers. A company’s official\nstated that a regular rickshaw can also be converted to an electric vehicle, by\nreplacing its engine with an electric battery; along with the installation of a motor and\ncontroller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reportedly, the electric rickshaw, aims to\nproduce zero emissions and will also be devoid of annual maintenance and fuel\ncosts like seen in regular rickshaws. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lahore: Sazgar Engineering Works recently announced its intention to introduce the country\u2019s first locally produced electric rickshaw service to the market soon \u2014 with a delay in the release of the government\u2019s Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy provided as the main reason for the holdup, a news source reported. The rickshaw has been wholly manufactured and designed in Pakistan. The company indicated that as an alternative to a petrol engine, this new e-rickshaw comes with an electric battery that is monitored by a controller. According to reports, the EcoRik Li-Ion battery used by Sazgar comes with a capacity of 48V, 125Ah, and 6Kwh. The battery will take five hours to charge and the rickshaw is expected to travel a distance of up to 175 kilometres with passengers. A company’s official stated that a regular rickshaw can also be converted to an electric vehicle, by replacing its engine with an electric battery; along with the installation of a motor and controller. Reportedly, the electric rickshaw, aims to produce zero emissions and will also be devoid of annual maintenance and fuel costs like seen in regular rickshaws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":60307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[19282],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-pakistans-first-electric-rickshaw","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n