Okaya Electric Vehicle launches high-speed e-scooter, Faast.
- ByStartupStory | December 25, 2021
Indian EV startup Okaya Electric Vehicle launched its high-speed e-scooter Faast at an introductory price of ₹90,000 at the EV Expo 2021 in Greater Noida.
Anshul Gupta, Director, Okaya Power Private Limited, said, “With our exclusive ‘Okaya Faast e-scooters’ we are targeting the massive demand for high-performance EVs in the market in sync with changing preferences of the consumers.” Anil Gupta, Managing Director, Okaya Power Group, said, “Okaya is fully dedicated to realise the vision of making India a 100 percent EV nation. With the launch of our Okaya Faast, we have showcased our renewed commitment towards bringing innovative, low-cost but high-performance e-scooters to accelerate the adoption of EVs in the country.”
The e-scooter is packed with a 4.4 kW lithium phosphate battery. The EV startup claims that the e-scooter can return a range of at least 150 kms on single charge. It also claims the range can go up to even 200 kms on a single charge depending on usage. It also has features like LED lights, digital instrument cluster, daytime running lights and combi braking system. The e-scooter has a top speed ranging between 60 and 70 kmph.
Okaya has opened the bookings for the e-scooter for a token amount of ₹1,999. Bookings can be done through Okaya Electric Vehicle’s official website or at dealerships. It is the latest among the crowd of EV startups to come up with an electric scooter with a claimed range that promises to go up to even 200 kms on single charge.