BYD, ETO Motors tie up for electric cargo vehicles

BYD Auto Industry Company Limited, among the largest manufacturers in the world for pure electric vehicles including electric buses, has entered into a collaboration with ETO Motors, an electric fleet operator wherein the latter will deploy a fleet of electric cargo vehicles comprising of 3W and  4W.

ETO Motors announced its plans to introduce a fleet of electric 3W & 4W cargo vehicles in the country and these vehicles will be designed and manufactured with BYD’s power battery, motor, motor controllers & powertrains. Electric 3W fleet deployment will include electric-rickshaw, electric-cart, electric-auto (L5M & L5N category) and electric three-wheeler cargo, while Electric 4W cargo will include electric 4W commercial freight /cargo vehicles.

To begin with, ETO Motors has already placed an order for 50 number of T3’s - the 4W cargo EVs from BYD to be deployed immediately. Over the next one-year, ETO Motors is expected to deploy 4,000 electric vehicles across 20 cities to service the logistics needs to online as well brick and mortar retailers.

With many states introducing various policies and initiatives, the year 2019 saw total EV sales of more than 7.5 lakhs including electric two-wheelers, electric three-wheelers and electric passenger vehicles.