KFC Malaysia uses electric scooters for eco-friendly deliveries

The next time you get a delivery from Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), the rider carrying your meal might just be on an environmentally friendly electric scooter. Eclimo Sdn Bhd is designing and assembling the scooters in Bayan Lepas, Penang, and has leased 300 to KFC.

Electric Tuk-Tuks, a green alternative for tourists in Cambodia

Eclimo’s ES-11 scooters are used as the electric “Tuk Tuk” or “e-TUG-Moto” to ferry tourists around the Angkor Wat area. This effort is part of a collective aim in creating a more environmentally and culturally sustainable tourism spot for both locals and tourists in Cambodia.

Eclimo Electric Scooters for rent in Penang

Whether you are planning on experiencing the rich heritage site of George Town, a round-island road trip adventure or hopping from one tourism spot to another, renting an electric scooter is definitely an ideal way to enjoy your stay in Penang. No fuel, no noise, no fuss. Rent an electric scooters through DAE Motors today at 132 Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong 10300 George Town Penang.

Eclimo Power for remote village

Electricity has been so accessible to us nowadays that many of us who live in cities took for granted. Access to electricity in some remote areas however is more like a luxury than necessity to say the least. To fight energy poverty in Sarawak, Eclimo helped installed off-grid solar panels equipped with Eclimo Power, producing a green and sustainable stream of electricity to the locals.

Frost & Sullivan praises Eclimo’s cost-effective non-welding technique for battery assembly

“The electric vehicle industry relies on the joining technologies of battery cells to meet the desired power and energy density for such vehicles. Eclimo has developed a unique yet proven non-welded assembly technology that is able to challenge the status quo by tackling critical challenges plaguing welding processes in 3 main areas – electrical stability, physical reliability and cost – while promoting environment sustainability. As welding processes account for 16% of the overall variable manufacturing cost of a battery system, Eclimo’s low-cost system is a worthwhile alternative technology .” — Frost & Sullivan White Paper

ELECTRIC MOTORBIKES, ANYONE?

Starting off as a green technology R&D company in 2008, Eclimo Sdn Bhd is the only company in Malaysia that makes electric motorbikes today. Datuk Dennis Chuah shares the reasons behind his venture into such a business and why he thinks there is demand despite his bikes priced at RM18,800 (!) a pop. He also shares his views on the macro platform and operating landscape for electric vehicles as well as the policies needed in countries to drive the agenda through.