<p>Bangalore based company Meladath Auto Components converts your petrol-powered scooter to a petrol-electric hybrid, according to a report by <em>The Economic Times</em>.</p>.<p>Rakesh Meladath Karunakaran along with his wife Winnie Gangadharan started the company in 2016 to make adoption of electric vehicles easier with lower consequences compared to fully-electric scooters. </p>.<p>The company has designed an e-kit product that is retrofittable to any scooter with a petrol motor with just four additional parts. The startup promises that the patented product will reduce the cost of ownership and increase the fuel efficiency of the scooter by 40%. It claims that converting existing scooter into hybrid scooters will help reduce vehicle density by not encouraging to buy new electric vehicles.</p>.<p>The reversible installation of this kit will kill range anxiety that plagues electric vehicles, co-founder Karunakaran told the publication.</p>.<p>The product is yet to be commercialised but the co-founder told the website that their brand has been registered as ‘Ezee Hybrid’ and has received several enquiries on starting dealerships for the product across India.</p>.<p>Karnataka government’s ELEVATE 100 start-up development program funded the company that was bootstrapped through personal savings and family funds, reports the publication.</p>
<p>Bangalore based company Meladath Auto Components converts your petrol-powered scooter to a petrol-electric hybrid, according to a report by <em>The Economic Times</em>.</p>.<p>Rakesh Meladath Karunakaran along with his wife Winnie Gangadharan started the company in 2016 to make adoption of electric vehicles easier with lower consequences compared to fully-electric scooters. </p>.<p>The company has designed an e-kit product that is retrofittable to any scooter with a petrol motor with just four additional parts. The startup promises that the patented product will reduce the cost of ownership and increase the fuel efficiency of the scooter by 40%. It claims that converting existing scooter into hybrid scooters will help reduce vehicle density by not encouraging to buy new electric vehicles.</p>.<p>The reversible installation of this kit will kill range anxiety that plagues electric vehicles, co-founder Karunakaran told the publication.</p>.<p>The product is yet to be commercialised but the co-founder told the website that their brand has been registered as ‘Ezee Hybrid’ and has received several enquiries on starting dealerships for the product across India.</p>.<p>Karnataka government’s ELEVATE 100 start-up development program funded the company that was bootstrapped through personal savings and family funds, reports the publication.</p>