Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group, has entered the West Bengal market with its first three-wheeler EV experience centre, Essem Tekno Services in Kolkata.
The dealership was inaugurated by Arup Roy, Minister of Co-operation Government of West Bengal, Kalyan Ghosh, MLA, Ajay Bhattacrjee, Nominated Member RTA Board Howrah, and Soumya Sen from Essem Tekno, along with Navneet Sahni Senior Vice President, PVPL.
The experience centre will give customers a platform to access the complete range of Piaggio Apé electric vehicles in both cargo and passenger segments.
Saju Nair, EVP and Head of Commercial Vehicle Business, PVPL, said, “We are glad to start the year 2022 with new market penetration. West Bengal is an important three-wheeler market and hence, the EV experience centre of Piaggio will cater to the growing needs of last-mile connectivity of Kolkata in a sustainable way. With the upcoming EV policies announced in the Union Budget, we are seeing the rise in demand for EVs across the country. We shall be further expanding our footprints with more dealerships across multiple towns in the state.”
Soumya Sen said that the association will embark on a new journey of Piaggio in the state and will make Kolkata go electric. With the support of the state government in building infrastructure and policies to support EV, we are seeing easier and faster adoption among customers.”
The new Apé E-Xtra FX electric cargo comes with 9.5 kW power output and a full metal body architecture fitted with a six-foot cargo deck. It is also customisable for applications like the delivery van, garbage collector.