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SWIGGY PARTNERS WITH HERO LECTRO WINN TO PILOT FOOD DELIVERY WITH ELECTRIC CARGO BIKES

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SWIGGY PARTNERS WITH HERO LECTRO WINN TO PILOT FOOD DELIVERY WITH ELECTRIC CARGO BIKES

Hero Lectro Cargo (HLC) and Swiggy, India’s leading on demand delivery platform are partnering to pilot the deployment of cargo e-bikes for the use case of last mile food delivery. Swiggy, which has already been planning to include EVs in its fleet, will be utilizing Hero Lectro’s WINN – a purpose-built e-bike, in a bid to optimize efficiency, cost and reduce carbon footprint by going green.

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Interview

IN CONVERSATION WITH JOS SLUIJSMANS

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IN CONVERSATION WITH JOS SLUIJSMANS

#WORLD CAR FREE DAY

Jos Sluijsmans is the Director of International Cargo Bike Festival (ICBF), co-founder of Dutch Bicycle Center, and member of the Dutch Cycling Embassy and European Cycle Logistics Federation. After working as an interpreter and translator in Spanish for ten years and practicing law for eight years during the early stages of his career, Jos Sluijsmans ventured into cycling business and launched Fietsdiensten.nl in 2004. He started as a bike messenger and delivered organic and local food to restaurants by cargo bike. Jos also gave cycling lessons to people with physical and mental challenges.

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Cargo Bikes

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

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WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

Street cycling in Mumbai is all about logistics but not on cargo bikes. Workers on a bicycle ship various types of goods and those includes newspapers, bakery items, cement bags, gas cans, water cans, plants, paper cartons, TV sets, water tanks, furniture, milk, ice creams,  ice slabs, vegetables, coconuts, lunch boxes, food, clothing, machinery and much beyond one can think off. The carrier on the bicycle plays a crucial role in bearing majority of the load.

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Cargo Bikes

MUMBAI DABBAWALAS

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MUMBAI DABBAWALAS

STREET CYCLIST OF MUMBAI.

The Dabbawalas is a tiffin service in Mumbai and world famous for making almost error free deliveries of lunch boxes around the business centers in the city. The Dabbawalas collect lunch boxes from homes by early afternoon, deliver them to customers at their offices, pick up empty boxes and return them to its origin before evening.

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Cargo Bikes

POTENTIAL OF E-CARGO BIKES IN INDIA

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POTENTIAL OF E-CARGO BIKES IN INDIA

On the busy streets of Mumbai there is a section of people who use bicycles as a primary mode of transport. In fact, they are independent transporters who move goods around the city on a bicycle. You will easily spot them bearing all kind of loads dressed in simple clothing throughout the day. Majority of those cyclists are men who operate wearing a shirt, trouser, shorts and slippers.

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