Electrotherm's electric motorbike is sputtering 

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14598452

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"We also had difficulty in sourcing good quality motors and batteries."

However, he said: "With our captive motor and battery unit going on stream by next month, this bottleneck will be removed in the next financial year."

The electric vehicles would be immensely popular as the price of running an electric bike worked out to be an unbelievable 10 paisa per km, the cost of charging the battery.

Earlier Post:

Electrovaya and Electrotherm India to Establish India's First Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery Plant; Target Vehicles

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/10/electrovaya-and.html

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The partners will establish a new joint venture company, with shared ownership between Electrotherm and Electrovaya, to manufacture battery packs for electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers produced in India.