Piaggio Ape E City

Piaggio Ape E City Detailed Overview

Powertrain and Performance

There are two battery options available in the Piaggio Ape E City – 7.5 kWh fixed and 4.5 kWh swappable. While the 7.5 kWh battery delivers 110 km of range, the 4.5 kWh battery claims 68 km of range. However, both versions of the Piaggio Ape E City have the same 5.44 kW electric motor, which churns out 29 Nm of torque and a top speed of 45 kmph.

Summary

The Piaggio Ape E City is being offered in two different battery options – a 7.5 kWh fixed battery with a 110 km claimed range and a 4.5 kWh swappable battery with a 68 km claimed range.

Suspension and Brakes

The Piaggio Ape E City shares its suspension combination of a hydraulic telescopic shock absorber with a helical compression spring with a dampener at the front and a hydraulic telescopic shock absorber with a rubber compression spring with a dampener at the rear with its IC engine version. Even the hydraulically-actuated drum brakes at both front and rear from the IC engine version have been retained in the Piaggio Ape E City.

Summary

Having a suspension combination of hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers at both front and rear, with helical compression spring at the front and rubber compression spring at the rear, the Piaggio Ape E City has hydraulically-actuated drum brakes at both front and rear.

Dimensions and Payload

The Piaggio Ape E City measures 2700mm long, 1300mm wide and 1725mm tall, which makes it dimensionally identical to its IC engine version. Even the wheelbase of 1920mm and ground clearance of 170mm have been taken from the IC engine version. The Piaggio Ape E City has a gross vehicle weight of 689 kg, while its payload is 389 kg. 

Summary

With a payload capacity of 389 kg, the dimensions of the Piaggio Ape E City include 2700mm length, 1300mm width and 1725mm height. The maximum payload capacity of Piaggio Ape E City is 389 kg.

Exterior and Interior

The Piaggio Ape E City shares its overall design with its IC engine version, and that too in an exclusive shade of blue. The overall design of the Piaggio Ape E City looks functional to the eyes with a huge windscreen within the upper housing with curved edges and sides. On the other hand, the Piaggio Ape E City has a decent-looking lower half for the front profile. Here, the e-rickshaw gets a dumbbell-inspired panel in its upper part, which has rounded headlamps and turn indicators integrated into their bulging sides. This element also has a Piaggio logo sitting within a small trapezoidal housing in the middle. Available with a removable soft top and body-coloured hinged side doors, the flat perch at the back of the Piaggio Ape E City can seat three.

Summary

The three-seater cabin of the Piaggio Ape E City is covered by a removable soft top, with the rickshaw getting halogen headlamps in scooped housings.

Features

The Piaggio Ape E City shares its equipment list with its IC engine version, including a handlebar, scooped housings for the halogen headlamps and a black garnish panel running across the width of the front profile. 

Summary

While the Piaggio Ape E City gets rounded headlamps with dumbbell-inspired garnish, it also has a flat bench for three people and hinged doors on the sides.

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