Pushing the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) forward in Malaysia is EP Blueshark and Grabcar. Targeting 80,000 Grab driver-partners and delivery-partners the collaboration aims to convert users of internal combustion engine (ICE) motorcycles to take up Blueshark electric scooters (e-bikes).
Under the agreement, EP Blueshark will work with Grab to promote and champion what it calls “Green Mobility” and environment, social and governance programmes. The first part of this initiative is called the R1 Pilot Programme where Blueshark will provide 50 Blueshark R1 e-bikes to selected Grab riders for a free product trial.
The goal goal of this project is data gathering for Blueshark’s e-bikes with the added benefit of cost savings using green mobility. For the second part, Blueshark will provide the IOV Electric Motorcycle, a smart e-bike offered at a special price to Grab delivery riders.
Along with a factory warranty, Grab riders on Blueshaks can avail themselves of swappable batteries at price of RM79 per pair, per month, for the first six months, and then at RM110 per pair thereafter. In addition, riders are entitled to 3 months of unlimited BlueSwap Pro battery swaps at BlueSwap Battery Swap Stations for RM139 per month, subject to terms and conditions.
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Good initiative. It let the riders to lepak at designated battery station rather than occupying the corridors/parking lots that people doing business.
We are hopefully this e-bike also standard fitted with gps tracking and dashcam to mitigate or lessening rider mischievous behavior.
It does fitted with dashcam
Can we get sales data? If good sales, herd will follow. If no good, either fire sale or ask government more tax incentives. Either way rakyat wins so please let us see NUMBERS!
Low range. Hardly seen on KL roads. Can hardly see any battery swapping stations. Forget about interstate travel. Not cheap enough to incentivise people. Why green products all like this ah?
petrol not exp, this wont work
less noise on the road. i support.
better implement it to all grab & foodpanda rider. With EV bike, they can’t speed like mad dog.