BSA Motors, a strategic business unit of the Rs. 9582-crore Murugappa Group company, Tube Investments of India, has launched five electric scooter models. These scooters are manufactured at the BSA Motors' new plant in Ambattur, with an investment of Rs.200 million for the first phase. The plant, which is equipped with a facility for painting, assembly and comprehensive testing in addition to a motorized conveyor assembly line with modern assembly tools, has an initial production capacity of 150 e-Scooters a day which can be ramped upto 300 units per day as and when required. 

While the key parts like motor, controller, battery, lamps, wheel discs, tyres and tubes are sourced from reputed automotive vendors, the e-scooters are available in five models—(250 watts) Smile, (250 watts) Diva, (250 watts) Street Rider, (500 watts) Roamer and (800 watts) Roamer+. The e-scooters are certified by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to be used in public roads in India. Maintenance free batteries and motors make the e-scooters 100per cent trouble free. BSA Motors initially plans to set up 45 exclusive dealerships before December 2008 in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry and Goa.