on a single charge our hope is to transform intercity mobility a key driver to emissions with every bus ride we intend to save approximately 8 kgs of co2 per user per ride further thanks to our business partners and customers our specially designed three wheelers run over 16000 chennai streets and help in moving solid waste from its source every day our vehicles impact more than 37 million residents of chennai talking about the future of reep motors the executive director at powergear dr srini venu believes that the ev today is not 100 pure electric as people are using power from the grid to charge their vehicles which are essentially not clean energy a study says that we are controlling only 33 carbon emissions currently but with purely renewable energy to power our ev we can control almost 97 of carbon emissions dr srini says that keeping the future of renewable sources of energy in mind reep motors is planning a renewable energy business and energy trading under the sustainability platform our factories would become rooftop solar powered and we are also doing pilots for battery storage systems with couple of battery chemistries and hydrogen technology the bright clean future dr srini adds reep motors will be launching their 45seater video coach electric in another four months for intercity and tourism purposes a test run of the bus between bengaluru and chennai has already been completed successfully for the commercial heavyduty segment reep motors are bringing out an easyload fourwheeled eloader with a payload capacity of 35 to 45 tonnes the chassis for this variant is being built inhouse along with the battery and is looking at a launch by early next year as of now reep motors has an order book worth over rs 300 crores across segments reep motors is also in talks for introducing nextgen transmission technology a compact and costeffective solution this technology could be a game changer in the ev business reep motors is looking at the latter half of 2023 to build about 50 prototype samples for the same they may also look into needbased hydrogen technology looking forward apart from its focus in traditional medium voltage power generation equipment powergear looks to expand its business in electric vehicles battery energy storage energy trading and renewable energy development the board of directors of powergear is looking forward to creating a sustainable ecosystem for its motives and is always on the lookout for partners either equity or technology in taking its endeavour forward disclaimer this article has been produced on behalf of reep industries powergear limited by mediawire team