Imphal, Jan 6: Albert Sarangthem, a young engineering student from Imphal, has turned a vintage Bajaj-150 scooter into an eco-friendly electric vehicle.
Albert earned praise and appreciation for his work. He christened his candy red e-scooter as ‘Samadon EV II’.
He is currently pursuing his fifth semester in computer engineering in Manipur Institute of Technology (MIT). He had earlier assembled an e-bike in 2022, which he named as ‘Samadon EV I’.
‘Samadon’ means a divine flying horse in Meitei mythology.
“The scooter was then used by one of my maternal uncles before it was abandoned and got rusted at his house from where I took and did the makeover,” said Albert.
He said the basic mechanism to transform a fuel-run vehicle into an electric one is to take away all parts which are operated by fuel like engine, carburetor and other co-related parts and replace with motor, speed controller, and battery and other interrelated parts.
“I purchased major parts like motor, battery and speed controller for retrofitting my scooter, and because of the ongoing ethnic conflict, these parts reached me very late,” he said.
Albert said he learnt his skills through internet resources coupled with the mechanism of e-rickshaw he witnessed in workshops in Imphal.
He also received a certificate of appreciation for “his effort, and innovative work in building a model electric bike” from his engineering institute 2022.
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