Category: Pilot

New picture gallery (Sri Lanka pilot) added

A new picture gallery has been added to the website. These pictures were taken on our last trip to Sri Lanka in May/June, when we ran a pilot converting 20 auto-rickshaws. Click here, to see the pictures.

vrijdag juli 13th, 2012 in Events, General, Partners, Pilot, Sri Lanka | Reacties uitgeschakeld

Alliance Finance Company in the Guardian

The Guardian has published a very interesting article about current trends, developments and opportunities in Sri Lanka, as well as other interesting facts about the country. In it, our partner Romani Di Silva of the Alliance Finance Company, shares his vision on Sri Lanka, and on working with companies like Eco Tuk B.V. For pages [...]

dinsdag juli 10th, 2012 in General, News, Partners, Pilot, Sri Lanka | Reacties uitgeschakeld

More tuktuks released into the wild..

In the last two days Eco Tuk has made three more converted tuktuks available to local tuktuk drivers, so that they can experience the Eco Tuk conversion. So far the operation has run smoothly, with the system saving up to 25% on fuel, the driveability being equal to petrol-based vehicles, and no technical hitches. What’s [...]

zaterdag juni 2nd, 2012 in Events, Partners, Pilot | Reacties uitgeschakeld

First Eco Tuk on the roads of Colombo

In the last few weeks Eco Tuk has converted twelve 4-stroke auto-rickshaws. After intensive testing by the team and an Alliance employee we are proud to announce that the first Eco Tuk is now driving around the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Remains to be seen if the local drivers like the Eco Tuk as [...]

dinsdag mei 29th, 2012 in Events, News, Partners, Pilot | Reacties uitgeschakeld

Test Pilot Update I

Yesterday Eco Tuk converted three auto-rickshaws in Colombo. We started with one older 175cc 4-stroke and tuned it properly. The driver’s first reactions were very positive! He was delighted with the sustained, or should we say higher, level of performance of the rickshaw. After Gholam and Ruben had finished converting a newer 175cc 4-stroke rickshaw [...]

donderdag mei 24th, 2012 in Events, Partners, Pilot | Reacties uitgeschakeld

Eco Tuk has arrived in Sri Lanka

Eco Tuk B.V. has arrived in Sri Lanka after a long journey. The apartment we are staying in is very nice (we will publish some photos later on). Yesterday we went to the local customs, and after some stressful hours managed to get our shipment of parts released. Rick and Gholam have now started converting [...]

dinsdag mei 22nd, 2012 in Events, General, News, Partners, Pilot | Reacties uitgeschakeld