Electric bicycles. Electric motorbikes. Tesla and Africa. Pushkar Phatak - Wattwagons | #1

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Motorcycles and bicycles are significant means of transport in Africa and the rest of the developing world.
The following is a conversation with Pushkar Phatak, the founder and CEO of https://wattwagons.com/.

TIMESTAMPS:
1:16 Pushkar’s e-mobility journey
8:50 Sustainablity
12:37 The Wattwagons transition: from a hobby/exercise to an e-mobility business
14:54 Buying components vs building components
15:09 Cadence sensing vs Torque sensing motors for e-bikes
17:44 Top e-bike motor manufacturers.
19:37 Traditional bicycle parts
21:00 Bottom brackets + torque sensing motors
23:22 Example of a Wattwagons electric bicycle
24:35 Replacing chains with belt drives for easier maintainability
26:47 Improved reliability and superiority of electric vehicles over legacy vehicles.
28:01 Longer durability (10x) due to replacing chains with belts in an e-bike.
29:03 Barriers for electric vehicle adoption in Africa
31:00 Price comparison of traditional and electric bikes
42:00 Maintenance comparison of electric bikes vs traditional bikes.
43:12 Maintenance skillsets required
47:25 Mean time between failures (how often they break compared to normal bikes)
49:36 Achieving purchase price cost parity with petrol bikes
51:48 Technology leap-frogging in the developing world
52:18 Charging with 240V electricity infrastructure in Africa
55:35 Charging speed of electric bikes
57:26 Performance of e-bikes
59:02 Battery degradation
1:01 :39 Range and “one gallon” phenomenon in Africa
1:08:01 Direction of the e-bike space