Terra Motors, a Tokyo based startup company is trying to both capitalize on the popular smartphones in the car while simultaneously capturing an overlooked market. The company has launched an electric scooter named A4000i, which comes complete with an iPhone Dock.
The dock allows those who live in parts of the world, particularly Asian geographies, where the scooter is the main form of transport for a majority of the population due to high fuel costs and pollution in the more cosmopolitan and metropolitan areas, to incorporate their iPhone into their drive.
The adapter lets people track information about their scooter from their iOS device such as power consumption, hours of battery life left, average speed and mileage. It also allows for the normal features one would expect from an iPhone adapted on-the-go device like navigation information.
The scooter will have a price tag of $4,500, which according to Valuewalk is more expensive than the average price of a two-wheeler in India. However, the company believes its scooter's durability, quality and iPhone functionality will set it a part enough to merit the higher price tag. However, if this plan fails, the company has plans for a lower end model of the scooter, but the timing on the release of that device is not yet known.
So far the scooter will be most significant in Japan to cut expenses where the price of gasoline is about $5.40 per gallon compared to electricity, which only costs 12 cents per kWh.
The A4000i can seat two people and handle some of the roughest roads that an urban area has to offer. It has an average of 40 miles and is fitted with a lithiumion battery that requites 4.5 hours of charging. Once charged, the A4000i can go up to 31 miles, which exceeds the capacity of the Chinese electric scooter. It can climb high inclines easily and will come in handy in parts of Asia where the scooter is one of the most vital modes of transportation, despite being largely un thought of by the technology market.
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