SUZUKI e-ACCESS

Suzuki's first electric scooter is here bearing the Access badge

- ABHISHEK PANDEY

The electric two wheeler market in India has grown tremendously in the past few years and every two wheeler manufacturer has been eyeing on grabbing a piece of the pie. Almost all major legacy players have an electric scooter offering in their portfolio and the japanese marque Suzuki is the latest to enter the segment with the e-Access. We first glimpsed the e-Access at the Bharat Mobility Show earlier this year, and now we finally get to put it through its paces,on a go-kart track at the outskirts of Bangalore. The Access 125 has earned a solid reputation over the years, but can its electric sibling live up to the name? Let us find out.

The Suzuki e-Access carries a typically Japanese design, look at it for long and you might even get a very retro-esq vibe from the way the scooter looks. The simple flowing lines lends it a very mature look, although some might even think it to be boring. The sharp nose with the sleek headlight on the handlebar cowl and a vertical DRL sitting just under it seems simple yet attractive. The front panel houses a small cubby hole, good enough for a phone or a small bottle with a lit USB Type-A charger placed just next to it. Instead of a key slot, there is a knob which allows for turning the scooter on, opening the seat and also the charging socket lid. The side houses two different panels with minimal lines with one housed above the taillight the other below it with indicators positioned at either ends keeping it clean and minimal.