Although you may not have seen plenty of hybrid cars on the Pakistani roads but you must have heard about it number of times. Whether it is Toyota Prius or any variant of Honda, you may well be accustomed about it. How about the latest development about the introduction of hybrid rickshaws in Pakistan? Yes, you read it absolutely right. You will be seeing tons of hybrid rickshaws on the roads of Pakistan.
Green Wheels Private Limited is a Pakistani company which recently unveiled the launch of hybrid rickshaws. The announcement has been made at Pakistan Auto Parts Show 2017 organized at Karachi’s Expo Centre, this weekend. It is noteworthy that Green Wheels now assembles Chinese built hybrid rickshaws locally.
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About Hybrid Rickshaws
The advanced hybrid rickshaws will not be coming in various colors which you normally witness on the roads of Karachi and Lahore. It will be coming in two variants at most, i.e. a combination of yellow and black color and beige.
The unconventional rickshaws will be equipped with the facility of built-in Wi-Fi. Moreover, there will be two models where one will be air conditioned while the other one will be non-air conditioned. As far as the mileage is concerned, it’s expected fuel average is going to be 50km per liter.
Astonishingly, it becomes extremely fuel-efficient when it is driven at any speed below 25 km per hour. The low speed enables the engine of the rickshaw to convert to battery system automatically. However, when it is driven at any speed above 25 km per hour, it charges the battery. Ideally, hybrid rickshaws would be great if driven on local routes.
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A spokesperson of Green Wheels has stated that the price of non-air conditioned hybrid rickshaw will cost somewhere around Rs400,000. The company is getting plenty of orders for the rickshaws after its successful launch.
Do you think hybrid rickshaws are the future especially in congested cities of Karachi and Lahore?
