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India’s startup sector now has another invention in its pocket — a one-of-a-kind kit that can convert any bicycle into a motorised and battery-powered electric vehicle (EV). Designed by Delhi-based Gursaurabh Singh, this kit can be bolted onto any bicycle and turn it electric in just 20 minutes.
Eight crore Indians today use cycles and rickshaws to travel. Gursaurabh’s DVECK (Dhruv Vidyut Electric Conversion Kit) is compatible with every one of them. It has been inspired by the idea of retrofitting, where existing vehicles can be converted into electric ones by altering the motor. DVECK fits like a glove and does not require any cutting, moulding, or fabrication.
Gursaurabh hails from Haryana’s Hisar, and it is the problem of mobility in his village that inspired him to design the kit. “Children in my village refused to go to school citing distance as the reason. When the pandemic broke out, I realised that being…