ETO Motors and DMRC collaborate to place electric vehicles at metro stations
- ByStartupStory | December 30, 2022
A new partnership between Hyderabad-based ETO Motors and DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) aims to introduce electric vehicles at metro stations. For the purpose of improving the shuttle experience for metro passengers in the national capital, the first phase of this last-mile service has been inaugurated from Delhi’s Azadpur metro station.
This initiative’s unique feature is that only certified female driver partners will operate all electric vehicles. The first batch of 36 electric vehicles took to the road on Tuesday, and the company hopes to have 100 of them on the road by the end of the next two months. Additionally, ETO Motors has collaborated with organizations including MOWO social initiatives, the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, and the Delhi Transport Department to educate female driver partners.
The company will be using its 7.37 kWh lithium-ion battery-powered ETO Trilux 1.0 L5 category passenger e-auto, which has a range of about 100 km on a single charge. It is supposed to have a top speed of 45 kmph and can be fully charged in 3–4 hours using a standard charger. The Trilux 1.0 also features an integrated tracking system and a topple-free design.
“As part of our commitment towards greater gender diversity, ETO Motors has successfully trained 100 young unemployed women to drive electric autos in the 100% EV city of Kevadia (Ekta Nagar) in Gujarat and now we are going to deploy 300 electric autos at Metro Stations in Delhi in collaboration with DMRC in a phased manner, all driven by women driver partners to provide much required first and last mile connectivity services to metro commuters in the capital,” Pavan Chavali, Managing Director of ETO Motors said on the partnership.
“The introduction of these e-autos will improve the last mile connectivity for passengers of nearby localities. In recent years, DMRC has introduced many eco-friendly initiatives to ensure a robust last-mile connectivity system, which enables the commuters to prefer non-polluting public transport modes over personal vehicles,” Anuj Dayal, Principal Executive Director, Corporate Communications, DMRC said.
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