Living with an electric scooter...

...CAN BE COMPLICATED, IRRITATING AT TIMES, IN A HUGE URBAN AGGLOMERATION SUCH AS DELHI NCR

- VIKRAM CHAUDHARY

THE DELHI government is working on a new electric vehicle (EV) policy, which aims to accelerate adoption of EVs in the state. But adoption can happen if it's easy living with an EV.

Two weeks ago, while driving the Tata Punch EV, we realised that living with an electric car in Delhi NCR isn't as hassle-free as living with a petrol/diesel car (if you don't have an EV charger installed at home). Story link: shorturl.at/FLso9

This week, we picked up an electric scooter—TVS iQube.

The scooter

It's available in three battery pack options:

• 2.2 kWh (with a starting price of ₹95,000 in Delhi, after subsidy);

• 3.4 kWh (starting price of ₹1.09 lakh);

• 5.1 kWh (₹1.59 lakh)—it's the variant we picked up.

The ride