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Comment #28263506
We got a lot of request from Nepal. There are hilly terrains there and batteries don't last many kilometers. We know Bangladesh has a lot of erickshaw as well. It will only be a ma…
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Comment #28263495
I apologize. I am not able to share much details on that part as our patent is still pending. Would be happy to do another launch once our patent is granted.
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Comment #28244856
We will get into electric scooters soon. Focussed on commercial delivery scooter (like for Zomato and swiggy) initially.
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Comment #28244844
Thank you. We are currently not in Assam. From what I understand, Assam has a decently good density of erickshaws as well. A couple of our employees come from there. We would love …
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Comment #28237253
Great point. If erickshaw drivers steal the battery, we can remotely lock the battery. So these batteries will not charge or discharge and will essentially become useless. We also …
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Comment #28237145
Congrats guys.
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Comment #28237128
Congrats karbon cards.
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Comment #28237050
Thanks so much, Sunil.
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Comment #28237042
$70 is a refundable deposit they give us when they join us. They pay us per swap. We sometimes get customers who had their lead acid batteries stolen and who now have no money to b…
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Comment #28237002
Even with half cost, we are more expensive than lead acid batteries. Typically lithium ion batteries are three times in price compared to lead acid batteries. Erickshaw drivers are…
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Comment #28234707
Thank you so much. Unlike a traditional manufacturing company, we are going to be asset light though which will enable us to grow fast. We started Enerjazz with the simple goal of …
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Comment #28234557
You mean another start-up by another professor in another university on another battery chemistry :). we get that a lot. You are spot on. Almost 96% of 2M e-rickshaws in India stil…
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Comment #28234501
Thank you so much. We are only working with e-rickshaws at the moment but plan to take the model to electric scooters (Zomato/Swiggy delivery fleets) soon. We believe commercial EV…
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Comment #28233919
Hi HN, we're Ravi and Pratik of Enerjazz ( https://www.enerjazz.tech/ ). We make battery swapping stations (like gasoline stations) for electric vehicles, swapping discharged batte…