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Rejuvenated
Auto Today
|February 2019
Okinawa launched its first e-scoot the Ridge in 2017 and now the company has refreshed it with more features and bigger battery, in the form of the Ridge +. We take it for a quick spin.
The Okinawa Ridge + is similar to the standard version in terms of its overall appearance and design. Then why relaunch the scooter with a + badge? Well, the answer to this lies in the battery pack as it now comes with a new 60V/26 Ah lithium-ion battery which replaces the standard lead-acid version. This new battery is lighter than the previous version and offers longer range between 90km to 120km on a single charge, sufficient for daily commute to the office and back home. We rode about 100kms during our test and the battery still retained about half its capacity. The 800 watt max power from the BLDC waterproof motor is the same from the standard version with a peak power output of 1200 watt. The charging time has also reduced drastically with a full charge taking less than half the time as earlier. This definitely works in its favour as a
This story is from the February 2019 edition of Auto Today.
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