Electric vs petrol scooter

Sumit05

Sumit05

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Guys wife need a scooter for office.So which one be better electric or petrol.Daily run would be 3km.I already hv a petrol scooter for my use now needed for her.So suggest what would be better.
 
for daily 3km short range, get a non-rto low speed electric scooty which should cost 35k to 45k range. Running cost will be negligible.
In case of sudden long trips, you do have a backup of pertol scooty.
 
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Go for petrol, cost efficient and last for long. As EV may seems cost efficient but the service and battery replacement cost would be way higher, in calculation the total cost for petrol vechicle for 10 years would costs 3lak, whereas for EV greater than 3lak (Just for example).
 
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High speed electric scooters will be value for money only when you have high running, atleast 5000kms a month. Anything lower than this would be waste of money.
Suggest you to go with a petrol scooter for your use case.
 
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Sumit05 said:
Guys wife need a scooter for office.So which one be better electric or petrol.Daily run would be 3km.I already hv a petrol scooter for my use now needed for her.So suggest what would be better.
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Say NO to electric scooters if you live in hot/hotter regions of India.
Yeah petrol one seems better option,
Hold up which electric scooters you were considering though?
( Either way if their parts go bad their costs is generally higher than petrol ones )

Edit* also fk vespa ( idk why but even in towns people seem to be willing to pay more for scooters like vespa )
 
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k660 said:
Say NO to electric scooters if you live in hot/hotter regions of India.
Yeah petrol one seems better option,
Hold up which electric scooters you were considering though?
( Either way if their parts go bad their costs is generally higher than petrol ones )

Edit* also fk vespa ( idk why but even in towns people seem to be willing to pay more for scooters like vespa )
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why NO to electric scooter ? I do have hero vida plus - its running good . I live in hot region . Wondering what is that you are trying to say ?
 
gourav said:
I'd like to meet the person who drives 5000 km every month on a scooter. Must have a spine of steel to ride 167 km every day.
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Apologies, I'm not sure how I came to that (could have miscalculated earlier). I use an EV, and my daily run is 50 km, five days a week. I made a similar calculation as attached and decided to buy an EV(Ather), considering a 5-year warranty for the battery.
There are a few things to consider along with this.
  • Service cost would be more / less the same (yes, EV service costs higher without Engine Oil), too much focus on this is bad for the brain.
  • The calculation will show that EV is better, but if the battery needs to be replaced, then it adds up a higher cost (doesn't mean it will cost more than Petrol, but the upfront/immediate cost would be more)
  • Buying an EV with EMI will skyrocket the overall cost (I don't recommend this), so if you're planning to buy a Petrol scooter with a 20% downpayment (Rs.20000), then the downpayment for EV should be the same 20% at least (Rs.37500) so that the Interest rate exponential is at least comparable.
  • Riding aggressively will reduce the efficiency by 25%, hence a 10 to 15% cost will occur w.r.t charging cost.
  • Living in a hot region will affect the way an EV performs; a good EV will perform similarly at speeds <50, but might struggle when you push harder.
  • Last & most important thing to consider is the vehicle, many people go deep in these calculations and then buy an unreliable scooter, this is like saying that I'm the smartest person with the knowledge of stone age.

The rest is personal preference, would be happy to clear any doubts.

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If our country had bicycle lane, I would had suggested a bicycle. For Tier 1 or 2 cities go for electric scooter as they have better infrastructure to service it. For the Tier 3 city, go for a petrol scooter as even you can use it if your scooter is being repaired.
 
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@Mudassir I seem to have had no problems with a electric scooters (Ather 450x and Ola S1 Pro) for the past three years and 1.5 years respectively. And the cost of ownership for my personal use case has been less than that of a regular scooter (TVS jupiter and Honda Active).

I cannot talk about the price difference, because that was not a part of my equation, but as far as maintenance goes, the Ather has had almost no niggles. A tyre change at 16k Kms (only rear), and three services which cost about 1000 each was all I needed.

The average summer temperatures are in the 40s consistently and I have never had issues so far.
 
Agreed @soulweaver, even I haven't faced any problems with Ather, but it all depends on the use case.
I'm using Ather in Bangalore and travel in hard terrains, due to which my belt is at the end of its life with 16.5k in odo, which would not be the same case for you. Changing both the belts every 15k kms would bring my service cost almost equal to Petrol scooters.
For Service, it costed me 1.2k for 1st service including front disk pads & 1.9k for 2nd service including both disc pads.
Rear tyre changes are a bit more frequent in Ather compared to Activa & Jupiter.
I haven't faced any issues or seen any performance drop due to the weather in my Ather, but as the fan is removed now in the newer models, if the battery/motor heats up a bit due to hot weather above 40 might slightly impact the throttle response above 70 kmph.
 
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