Wings EV Microcar ROBIN Ranked Best in NEV Category at Micromobility Europe 2023
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Wings EV, a VC-funded electrical car startup based mostly in Indore and Bengaluru, received one of the best in class award for his or her flagship product Robin in the “NEVs, Mopeds and Bikes” class at the Micromobility Europe convention held in Amsterdam on June 8th and ninth, 2023. Micromobility Europe is organized by Micromobility Industries, which is a worldwide platform based mostly in the US that champions small autos and their energy to radically reshape our cities.
Wings EV Microcar, ROBIN
Wings EV, a VC-funded electrical car startup based mostly in Indore and Bengaluru, had a worldwide product unveiling of their distinctive electrical microcar, Robin, at the occasion. Wings EV Robin is constructed from the bottom up in India and is predicted to launch in India later this 12 months. Robin, “the last word metropolis trip”, is a completely coated compact two-seater four-wheeler that has the size and width of a motorcycle. This permits Robin to drive and park wherever a motorcycle can. In this manner, Robin combines a two-wheeler’s mobility with a small automotive’s security and luxury, perfect for on a regular basis driving in the town.
Robin is absolutely automated, has a prime velocity of 60 kmph, and runs 90 kilometers on a single cost in common metropolis driving circumstances. It has a LFP (Lithium Ferrous Phosphate) battery pack that expenses in 4.5 hours from an ordinary 15A energy socket, utilizing its onboard charger. Robin doesn’t require any costly charging tools. It will come in three variants and is predicted to be out there for order in India later this 12 months.
Pranav Dandekar, Co-founder and CEO, Wings EV stated, “At Wings EV, we’re dedicated to fixing the visitors congestion downside in our cities by means of deep, user-centered design and innovation. It is a good honour to obtain this prestigious award for our first product, Robin. Winning the best-in-category award at Micromobility Europe provides us an awesome impetus to work on extra groundbreaking mobility merchandise for the Indian market. The award, received by competing with different 60 world-class merchandise, acknowledges the expertise and laborious work of all at Wings EV. I take this chance to congratulate each one that labored to meet our dream of bringing this mobility innovation to Indian cities.”
Wings EV has been designing and growing this modern idea since 2018. They constructed their alpha (preliminary) prototypes in 2021 and performed intensive market analysis throughout 6 cities in India. The car specs and options are a results of deep insights into folks’s mobility wants, their security issues with two-wheelers, and their issues with driving and parking a automotive in the town. It has since constructed its pre-production prototypes which can be present process testing and are about to be submitted to ARAI for homologation. Robin might be categorized as a quadricycle (L7) and would require a registration and automotive driving license to drive.
About Wings
Wings EV was cofounded by Pranav Dandekar and his father Prakash W. Dandekar in 2018. It is funded by Venture Highway, a number one early stage enterprise fund in India, and several other outstanding silicon valley angel buyers. Before founding Wings, Pranav spent 15 years in laptop science and AI in the US together with acquiring a Ph.D. from Stanford, working at Amazon, and constructing and promoting a VC-funded startup in Silicon Valley. Pranav moved again to India to work on this modern EV that he believes will assist clear up our rising congestion downside. Prakash is {an electrical} engineer and an IIT Bombay alumnus with deep experience in industrial and automotive embedded programs. He is an entrepreneur, an instructional, and an creator. He spent a number of years because the Head of the Embedded programs group at Tata Technologies in the early 2000s the place his crew designed the electronics programs on some variations of the Tata Nano.