{"id":29206,"date":"2022-10-09T17:55:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T17:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=29206"},"modified":"2022-10-09T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T17:55:42","slug":"indias-top-bikemaker-hero-launches-e-scooter-to-chase-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2022\/10\/09\/indias-top-bikemaker-hero-launches-e-scooter-to-chase-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s top bikemaker Hero launches e-scooter to chase startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DESK NEWS:<\/strong> India wants e-scooters and e-bikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today Customers look at a Hero MotoCorp Karizma motorbike at a Hero MotoCorp showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Apr 26, 2013. REUTERS\/Amit Dave\/File PhotoCustomers look at a Hero MotoCorp Karizma motorbike at a Hero MotoCorp showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Apr 26, 2013. REUTERS\/Amit Dave\/File Photo<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s Hero MotoCorp the world&#8217;s biggest motorcycle maker by sales, launched its first electric scooter worldwide on Friday as it looks to catch up with newer businesses that have taken the lead in the shift to cleaner transport.<br \/>\nLike some other legacy automakers in India, Hero has been a laggard in launching electric two-wheelers, giving startups such as Ather Energy, which is backed by Tiger Global, and Softbank Group-backed Ola Electric a first-mover advantage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESK NEWS: India wants e-scooters and e-bikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today Customers look at a Hero MotoCorp Karizma motorbike at a Hero MotoCorp showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Apr 26, 2013. REUTERS\/Amit Dave\/File PhotoCustomers look at a Hero MotoCorp Karizma motorbike at a Hero MotoCorp showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Apr 26, 2013. REUTERS\/Amit Dave\/File Photo India&rsquo;s Hero MotoCorp the world&rsquo;s biggest motorcycle maker by sales, launched its first electric scooter worldwide on Friday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29208,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29206\/revisions\/29208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}