Written By Bheema.Upadhyaya - 28 March, 2013

Bangalore Electric Bikes Analysis Private transport Transport noise pollution Pollution energy saving Smoke Pollution

Submission: I repent for *not* having an electric bike back in 2009, when I relocated to Bangalore.

I am submitting because I realized the benefit so late. And I read this article only today. My experiement with e-bike is really successful against many goals I set.

 

Here is my own comparison with other modes of transport for a travel of 10Km. This is very rude comparison and biased(?)  ;)

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Bicycle

eBike

MotorBike

Auto Rikshaw

Company Cab

Car Pool

Own Car(Self Drive)

BMTC

Last Mile Connection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends Yes Depends Cost of transport(approx) 0x 1x 18x 100x 0x (But some companies charge) 25x(If 2 people pool) 50x Volvo=35x   Ordinary=12x   (Longer the travel less the cost ) Initial Investment 7k 35k for least model 50k 0 0 7lakh 7lakh 0 Maintenance Cost/Year 0 0(No maintenance required) 5k(?) 0 0 15k 15k 0 Freedom from dust - A/c C C C C B A A B Ambience Comfort - Hygene A A A B B A A C Energy efficiency B (Geared are better) A (No belts/chains) B NA NA NA C (You are spending all energy for just one person)   Flexibility of timing A A A C C B A C Physical Effort/Health Benifit Yes No(Yes if your battery runs out - Good exercise too) No No No No No No Beat the (Traffic) Jam A A A B B (Depends on driver, not you) C C Z (Worst) Duration including signal waiting(1 min for 5 signals)/jams, but considering beat factor(you guessed it) 30min(Easy ride 20kmph) 20min (25 kmph) 10min (60kmph) 15min (30kmph) 10min(60kmph) 10min(60kmph) 10min(60kmph) 15min (60kmph) - 5 stops Carbon Footprint Saving/person (Air Pollution) A(Best) A B C B(More the people better) B(More the people better E(Worst) C(Depends on condition of engine though) Speed comfort C C A B A(Very fast-more than required) A A B (Depends on driver) Dependency on others No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes(Worst) Traffic Police Worries :) in general No No Yes No (Yes if driver is caught) No (Yes if driver is caught) No (Yes if driver is caught) Yes No Risk of theft of your items L L H L L L L H Risk at late night travel L M H H L M H M (If no people are less in bus - then high) Accident Safety Rating C C C B B A A A Risk on forgetting items in vehicle H L L H H L L H Parking Worries(Cost & Space) L L L L H H H L Noise L L M H H L L H(Very) Space Occupied on Road Vs No of passengers A A A B B A(As being pooled) C A Risk of theft of vehicle - Marking high for all :) given nature of our people H H H NA H H H NA

Cost Parameters of electric bike are considered as 1x

Example Approximate cost of transport for example 10 Kms Bicycle= Rs.0 / eBike=Rs.1(Rs.5 per Unit, 50Km/Unit)  Motorbike=Rs.18.5 (@40km/ltr & Rs.74/letre) Autorik = Rs.100(Rs.20 Min + 8km*Rs10) Car = (Rs.74/lit , 15Km Milage)

Rating = A Good B=Medium C=Poor

Please feel free to comment and discuss and add more parameters. I will cross post this in facebook too.

H=High L=Low M=Medium

Update: Added another row (Parking)

Update: Added another row (Noise)

Update on 5-Apr-2013 : Added last 2 rows

 

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