2026-10-28
On October 13, 2026, FUNTI received a customer from India at its headquarters and manufacturing base in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. The visit moved quickly from the showroom to the test route: the customer rode the 008, and by the end of the day his interest had settled on that model.
What a test ride establishes is not a specification but a feel. On the factory route the customer took the 008 through the kind of riding a commuter scooter is actually bought for — low-speed control, throttle response from a standstill, braking, and how the machine behaves over imperfect surfaces.
For a distributor, an hour on the bike replaces a long list of questions. Seat height, weight, the reach to the bars, how much effort the steering asks for: these are the details that decide whether a model suits the roads and the riders of a particular market, and none of them survive translation into a catalogue.
By the end of the visit the customer's interest had concentrated on the 008. That is a narrower and more workable position than an open-ended enquiry — it gives both sides one model to take through the next stage: configuration against local requirements, and the service arrangements that have to sit behind any product before it goes on sale.
A commuter scooter is judged in a market on three things: whether it fits the roads, whether it fits the price band the customer is actually selling into, and whether the parts and service can keep it running. The test ride answered the first. The rest is work the two companies do together.
The 008 is one of FUNTI's commuter models — a full-size electric scooter built for daily use rather than for a specification sheet.
Key specifications: 72V 40Ah lithium battery · hub motor, 1.5 kW rated / 3.3 kW peak · top speed 65 km/h · range up to 100 km at 45 km/h · climbing ability 15° · front and rear disc brakes · 72V 10A charger, full charge in about 4 hours · CANBUS communication · IP67 protection · Bluetooth connectivity · remote start · 150 kg maximum load.
The 008 is available in black, grey, white, blue and red, and can be configured for export markets including voltage and market-specific requirements.
India is the world's largest two-wheeler market, and it is no longer a question of whether electric two-wheelers will take a meaningful share of it — only of how quickly, and who supplies them. Rising fuel costs and tightening emissions rules are doing the selling for the category.
What decides which brands capture that demand is less about the moment of the shift than the preparation in front of it: the right product line, the spare parts, and a service capability that exists before volumes arrive. Interest from the market is the easy part; being ready for it is the work.
In markets this large, the winning position is rarely the cheapest product — it is the supplier a distributor can still get parts from three years after the first order. Product quality gets the first order. Everything a distributor needs after it — documentation, spare-parts lists, service material — gets the ones that follow.
FUNTI and the customer left the meeting with a defined next stage: confirming the 008 configuration against Indian market conditions, and lining up the documentation and after-sales material a distributor needs before a model goes on sale.
FUNTI is a manufacturer of electric motorcycles based in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China, with an annual production capacity of 100,000 units. Its product line covers commuter scooters through to high-performance flagship models, exported to markets across Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East.
The company works with international distributors through OEM/ODM partnerships, offering customised configurations including battery and motor specifications, regional homologation support and branding solutions. For India and the wider region, this includes configuration review against local road and climate conditions, documentation support, and after-sales material prepared for distributor service teams.
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