They won't. Bajaj Automotive lobbied for this as a Hail Mary to save them after Egypt, Thailand, and other markets began the process of phasing out 3 wheelers, and all political parties agree that it helps undercut the goondagiri Auto Rickshaw unions (eg. Maharashtra's CM Eknath Shinde started his career as an auto rickshaw goonda)
Do you have any insight as to why this is? Why are e-rickshaws more dangerous than ICE auto rickshaws or bicycle rickshaws? Shouldn't they be inherently more stable than both of those if you put the heavy battery in the floor?
> They are easy to tip over, for example, when going over a pothole filled with water after rains.
Do you know why they don't they use larger front wheels from off-road motorcycles (or bike wheels like the traditional bicycle rickshaws)?
E-rickshaws need to keep costs down.
This is because there are a lot of benefits of buying an auto rickshaw (eg. Union membership, not getting beat up with a tire iron, less bribes, access to parking). And the prices are already at $2.5-3k.
This means most e-rickshaws need to be priced at $500-1.5k to be cost effective.
This means these e-rickshaws are macgyverred in local factories using lead acid batteries, weaker frames, low speeds, etc.
I am not talking about crash testing or anything that sophisticated. Something as basic as the tendency to overturn is much higher. I have seen one happen right beside me, when one of the wheels went into a pothole, and the rickshaw tilted and overturned. A traditional auto (the standard Bajaj model ICE, for example) would have "jumped", but not overturned.
On this same note, the Bajaj ICE is slightly narrower at the top than the base, in a tapered design - this will increase stability.
Piaggio Ape is tapered towards the top and has backwheels turned inwards -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ape#/media/File:Ape_Ca...
e-rickshaws show none of these features.
Most are using a low range lead acid battery you'd use for a gokart
They're death traps