Scooters and Road Safety

Two New Scooter Race into the Market

The two wheeled scooter industry in India is one of the fasting growing in the country. In the past 3 years many companies have either chosen to focus on producing electric scooters or have added them to their catalog.

Hi Bird is one of the leading bicycle makers in India, and is now expanding their product line into the electric scooter industry. The company whose bicycles are popular in Europe and USA, have launched two models of electric scooters this week. A single charge on either scooter can them going for 70 kilometers or more. In addition they are designed for easy recharging in virtually any location where there is an electric socket.

According to the company, however, both the scooters can easily hit 100km and can also be charged at any electrical plug point. Both the e-scooters are fitted with lithium-ion batteries, in stead of the nickel-cadmium or lead-acid batteries that other company's rely on.

Contrary to the common battery system of the automobile utilizing nickel-cadmium or lead-acid batteries, these models are relying on the lithium-ion batteries. They provide convenient recharging and tend to weigh about 40% less than the lead-acid batteries. 

These scooters are powerful enough to carry one adult and one child. This is a strong message for eco-friendly products around the world. By being virtually void of air, noise and liquid pollution, they are extremely durable with the ability to handle loads equivilent to what people have become used to with their gas guzzling models over the past decades. 

The company took this ambitious venture for introducing battery operated scooters at a reasonable price to satisfy the India's sizeable middle class. There is an increasing demand for e-scooters in India, which can be easily driven by senior citizens, professionals, working women and youngsters. The models are priced between Rs.27,000 to Rs.28,900.

To further the advancement of electric scooter purchases, the government of India has applied several subsidies for those on limited wages. . The state of Chandigarh and Delhi offers a subsidy of 20% excluding the 15% rebate offered by the central government on electric scooters.  The current leader in the electric two wheeler segment in India is Hero Electric with a market share of above 30%, and with sales of 80,000 two wheelers every year.  But they hope to double that number in the next year and it looks like they are on track to do just that.

Minimize Costs By Checking Tire Pressures Regularly

By Brian C. Arkwright

"Lots of car drivers spend an afternoon looking after their vehicles to be sure that mud and road film are cleaned off regularly. They also bring their car in for service every 3,000 miles to make the oil changed and examine all the filters and fluid levels. Some like to go the extra mile and endeavor to preserve everything in 'as new' condition outside and inside the car maybe spending half the weekend accomplishing this. But one important thing that seems to always get forgotten about is checking the tire pressure. In this article we are going to discuss the necessity of maintaining appropriate tire pressure. It is also important to check on wheels every now and then.


In terms of tire pressure you must be careful that there is not too much or too little pressure in the tires. Need to know just what the right tire pressure is for your kind of car? Just check in your owner's manual or there might be a handy label stuck on the driver's side door pillar with the correct figures. The tire pressure you can see on the tire itself is in fact the highest amount of pressure that the tire can hold. It's not always the appropriate tire pressure for the car. So make sure to check your users manual to discover exactly what amount of pressure your tires should have.

For those who have too much air pressure in your tires, the amount of the tire that is making contact with the ground is less. For that reason, your car will end up less controllable which can be particularly unsafe when driving in the rain or on snow and ice making a serious accident much more likely. Driving a car on over inflated tires risks severe injury and even a decreased speed impact, just into a shallow ditch for instance, can result in a surprisingly large recovery and repair bill nowadays.

Also you don't want to have way too little pressure in the tires as this will begin to show on the sidewalls of the tires. A tire with low pressure in it will not survive as long if you always drive with it in this state. Furthermore, excess heat builds up in the tire because of the continual flexing of the side walls and may spark a blow out. This could develop into a tow bill.

It's not only on safety grounds that you should keep your tires at the right air pressure - it comes with an economic reason too because correctly inflated tires use less gas. When a tire is not close to the correct air pressure there is more rolling resistance thanks to the larger tire surface in touch with the highway. This produces a mechanical drag for the engine which has to be overcome by using more gas per mile. By keeping your tires inflated correctly you can find yourself saving up to 10% off your gas costs.

All tire pressure figures should be measured once the tire is 'cold' so either check your pressures first thing in a morning after the car has stood overnight or at least wait a few hours after it has been used on an extended journey. Whenever driving the tires get quite warm after some time and air pressure readings will seem higher than they really are. By using these basic tips you can find yourself saving some funds."

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