Two-wheeler brand 22KYMCO, a collaboration between home-grown 22Motors and Taiwan’s Kwang Yang Motor Company (KYMCO), will export its range of scooters from its manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Haryana.

“We are doing extensive feasibility studies across the world for different markets. Our model ‘iFlow’, which is designed and developed in India, is going to be the first scooter to be exported to other markets,” said Parveen Kharb, Founder and CEO, 22Motors.

The company will also bring electric models from KYMCO to India and will localise them for the Indian market.

Kharb said that the commuter segment can be easily serviced by electric two-wheelers, but the premium and the performance segment is better served by conventional gasoline-powered vehicles. Infrastructure development for the commuter segment is also easier compared to the high-power segment, where prices will be driven up, he added.

22KYMCO is already setting up infrastructure for charging points and battery swapping stations in six cities — New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata — in addition to dealerships. The company will offer battery swapping services for around ₹500, which will include battery cost, infrastructure use and service costs.

Kharb welcomed the government’s push for electric two-wheelers taking over the sub-150 cc segment by 2025, but called it an “aggressive statement”.

“This goes with our strategy of products too. In the commute segment, we are always talking about electric vehicles,” he said, adding that the company plans to cater to the premium segment with its gasoline-powered scooters such as the Like200 and the X-Town 300i ABS.

Sales of pricier scooters are on an upswing, although the overall number of units is going down.

Stressing that 22KYMCO is positioned as a premium brand, Kharb indicated that it is not running behind huge sales’ numbers and is targeting selling two lakh units in three years. “We are not looking at great volumes now,” he said.

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