Hero Electric Enters Last Mile Dilivery Segment
Hero Electric, India’s biggest electric two-wheeler manufacturer, has teamed with Turtle Mobility, a start-up that provides e-commerce and supermarket firms with last-mile delivery options. Turtle Mobility will receive 200 electric scooters from Hero Electric by the end of 2021, and 1,000 more electric scooters by the end of 2022, as part of the cooperation. Hero Electric said in a statement that it has worked with a number of B2B start-ups to sell electric scooters in order to address the segment’s issues. The most recent of these collaborations is with Turtle Mobility.
Official Statement
Sohinder Gill, CEO of Hero Electric, elaborated on the partnership, saying, “At Hero, we constantly strive to quicken the pace of transition to electric mobility and push forward the same through B2B partnerships to strengthen the EV ecosystem across India. This partnership is another step to boost the rapidly growing logistics and delivery industry and steer our commitment to carbon-free mobility by electrifying the segment. Hero’s electric two-wheelers are flexible, modular, and versatile, offering longer mileage and a low cost of ownership. It further fulfills consumer needs of last-mile delivery offered by Turtle Mobility.”
Turtle Mobility’s Founder and Director, Kapil Gupta, stated,”The use of EV high speed scooters has become increasingly favourable in states for their multiple benefits including low carbon footprint, ease of access, low operational costs as well as cost optimisation for last mile deliveries. It is only a matter of time for EV high speed scooters to become widely relevant in India across e-commerce companies for last mile deliveries. It will also help us to generate work opportunities for self-employed individuals in the informal sector by offering them a more affordable and easily accessible alternative to ICE vehicles”.
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Turtle Mobility was founded in the second quarter of 2021 with the goal of expanding the electric car ecosystem in the mid- and last-mile delivery sectors. Since July 2021, Hero Electric has been working with Turtle Mobility and has delivered 100 Hero Nyx electric scooters. Hero Electric is India’s largest electric two-wheeler manufacturer, with a 14-year history of delivering sustainable transport and commuting options. Hero Electric now operates over 700 sales and service shops across India, with the goal of converting 35% of B2B sales in the next four years.
