Terra A4000i

Detailed Review by Maxabout Team

Terra Motors is a company of Japan that is specialized in manufacturing electric motorcycles and scooters. The company was established in April 2010 and has its headquarters in Shibuya Udagawa-cho, Tokyo, Japan. The representative director of the company is Tokushige Toru. Recently Terra Motors announced to launch the e-scooters A4000 and its upgraded wireless smart-phone installed version A4000i which will make its entrance in the Indian market by the end of 2014.

Terra A4000i will be a two passenger e-scooter with a small LCD display on its console with an i-Phone dock. The i-Phone model should have 3G or higher to be compatible and it will be placed in that dock in Landscape mode. It will then be connected to Terra's cloud-based service and with the help of an app will provide a real-time information of power consumption, remaining battery life, trip stats such as duration, distance and average/maximum speed and mapping data for GPS navigation. The updates will be transmitted through the i-Phone and will be displayed on the screen via web.

Terra A4000i has a rear in-wheel motor powered by a removable, 16kgs, 40V40Ah and Lithium battery of under 1000W rating output. This battery gives a lifetime of 50,000kms (may vary), provides am estimated range of 65kms (may vary) and takes 4.5 hours to charge from 0-100%. As the battery is a removable one, it can also be uninstalled and you can carry it inside your house for charging but it weighs almost 16kgs. Terra A4000i has a maximum speed of 65kmph and weighs about 118kgs.

Terra 4000i has a length of 1790mm, width of 750mm and height of 1230mm as its dimension and has a good wheelbase of 1280mm for a stable ride. It has 140mm of ground clearance, 750mm of sheet height and 15degrees of climbing ability. It has disk brakes in front and rear wheels. It has 120/70-12inch front tire and 130/60-13inch rear tire. It also has a under seat storage space and a bag hook. Terra 4000i is a variant of Terra 4000. It will be available in a mixture of White and Black with Blue lines running from front to rear. It has an expected price of around INR 1.10lakhs which may vary.

Overall, Terra 4000i looks like an advanced and futuristic e-scooter with good performance, safety and good battery life. Also it will be an environment friendly scooter and thus, may create a good market for itself.