Motorists on Pakistan's roads are swapping gas for electric in response to rising prices of petrol and diesel in the country. But it's not a solution that everyone is able to reap the benefits of, warns an automotive sector expert.
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00:00The reason I bought this bike is that I have a lot of daily work.
00:10From office to home, from home to office.
00:12Most of my work is on the bike.
00:15Mostly I am on the bike.
00:17The petrol bike used to cost me around 500 to 600 rupees.
00:22And after buying this, it is going on my savings.
00:27In Pakistan, if we use public transport,
00:31there are a lot of problems with a girl.
00:35Public transport is not safe for us.
00:38So before this, I bought my 70, which was on petrol.
00:43After using it, I realized that more than half of my salary is going to petrol.
00:49Then someone told me about the electric bike, so I bought it.
00:54Now my life is peaceful.
00:58There is no noise, no pollution.
01:03It is very environment friendly.
01:05It is very smooth, like a girl needs a soft touch.
01:16I will not be able to tell you the exact figures of how many units we have sold.
01:19But right now we are overbooked.
01:20Overbooked means that people are interested.
01:22Most of the people are interested in savings.
01:24Because you can save up to 90% of your money by saving fuel.
01:28That's why people are more interested in electric bikes.
01:48The biggest benefit is that it gets full in 3 hours.
01:51Which gives me 100 kilometers.
01:53Because Delhi's running is 100 kilometers minor.
01:56And I can drive almost 100 kilometers.
01:59That is also my saving.
02:01And there is a normal charger of 220 volts.
02:05It charges me.
02:06I don't need a big socket, a big electric wire.
02:09I can charge my bike easily with any mobile charger.
02:14The first reason is that the price.
02:22This is a car worth 40 lakhs.
02:24So for a common user, this car is very affordable.
02:28The second thing is that all the features that are present in a car are already there.
02:34The third thing is that it is electric, easy to charge.
02:36So a person who is going to his office, going to meet his friends, going to a wedding.
02:41He can easily charge it at home and go anywhere.
02:46It comes with a charger, which is about 16 amps.
02:50It charges at 220 volts.
02:51What you can do is, you can install a box at home.
02:55Where you can charge it easily.
02:57So when you are charging easily.
02:59You can charge it in 7 hours and drive it for 200 kilometers.
03:04So you don't have to worry about whether there are charging stations or not.
03:12It's all about the finance.
03:36But at the moment, your fixed price is very high.
03:39We say that you should reduce the fixed price.
03:42The running cost is attractive.
03:44That my fuel is being saved for a month.
03:47It's good.
03:48But I think, am I able to afford it?
04:01You start with public transport, sir.
04:03Developing charging stations for public transport.
04:08As compared to conventional cars and motorcycles.
04:13The challenge is less.