Nunam To Launch Audi-powered Electric Rickshaw Pilot Project In India In 2023 | V3Cars

As this is a pilot project, Nunam aim to explore how high-voltage battery modules can be reused to power vehicles with relatively-lesser load. This initiative will also boost the second life of electric vehicle batteries. The electric rickshaws will hit our roads in early 2023.

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Produp Chatterjee, the co-founder of Nunam, said, ‘With a high-energy density battery and comparatively low vehicle weight, the electric motor doesn’t have to be particularly powerful, since rickshaw drivers in India travel neither fast nor far. While electrically powered rickshaws are not an uncommon sight on the roads of the subcontinent today, they often run on lead-acid batteries, which have a relatively short service life and are often not disposed of properly.”

While a significant chunk of India’s electricity comes from coal-fired power plants, Nunam aims to use a cleaner source to charge the e-tron batteries. It will install solar panels at its charging premises for 100% sustainable energy. The e-tron battery will then channel the charge to the battery cells of the electric rickshaws. Prodip also stated that the third-life of the electric battery could be used for lighting via LEDs.

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Nunam is a non-profit start-up based in Berlin and Bangalore is funded by the Audi Environmental Foundation. Nunam developed the 3 electric rickshaw prototypes in collaboration with the training team at Audi’s Neckarsulm site, which in turn benefits from intensive intercultural exchange. This is the 1st joint project between both AUDI AG and the Audi Environmental Foundation in addition to Nunam. 

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