Ahmedabad: Calling it a big breakthrough in utilization of non-conventional supply of vitality, Gujarat Technological College (GTU) on Monday mentioned that two of its college students have developed a brand new battery-operated equipment to run motorbikes at a less expensive value. The brand new expertise is developed by Arpit Chauhan and Kartik Atreya, the college introduced on Monday.
The event comes at a time when costs of petrol and diesel have hit report highs within the nation.
Sources in GTU mentioned that the brand new equipment would use six batteries of lead acid and lithium to run the motorbikes at solely 25 paise for travelling as much as 80km.
GTU vice-chancellor Navin Sheth in an announcement mentioned that this electrical bike equipment has been developed by the scholars who’re startups enrolled with their college’s graduate faculty of administration research.
He mentioned that analysis efforts are on to develop such electrical kits to be fitted in autorickshaws, tractors and in the end automobiles.
Within the petrol-run bikes, the emission of carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide is 500g per km. In consequence, this electrical bike will likely be a blessing in disguise on this time when one litre of petrol prices round Rs 100. It’s going to additionally cut back noise air pollution by 10 to 12 decibels, the varsity mentioned in its media assertion.
