01:00And we have an auto rickshaw event, which is driving from Kochi to Shillong, Shillong to Rajasthan, Rajasthan to Ladakh, all over India.
01:10It's been happening maybe ten times a year.
01:12Thousands of people come from all over the world to see India.
01:16But this first electric cycle rickshaw designed by Indian people and by Tom is fantastic.
01:25No better way to see India.
01:27And I've been lucky enough to see all of India, but never been to the northeast in Assam.
01:33And I think possibly now my favorite place.
01:37Everyone is very friendly, very welcoming, very grounded, calm and helping us the whole time.
01:44And the idea with doing something like this is that you're going to break down.
01:50And when you break down, there's always someone to hand to help out.
01:54And then we get to interact with the cultures.
01:57It would be too easy to get a vehicle like a Jeep, yeah, which would just get there in one go.
02:04Then we wouldn't get to talk to the people.
02:06We wouldn't get to break down.
02:08We wouldn't get to experience real India.
02:10And what we love, and all the people who participate from all over the world,
02:14and even Indian people who do the rickshaw race, yeah.
02:18Rickshaw run, it's actually called.
02:20Mr. Buddy, and that was Mr. Tom.
02:23Absolutely.
02:23The rickshaw is the way to connect everyone.
02:27I think it should be the law.
02:28In fact, let's make it a law right now that everyone should have to drive one of these rickshaws.
02:34In fact, maybe before you're allowed to walk, you have to be able to drive a rickshaw.
02:39This is my message.
02:40You see, let me tell you, everyone in India, we don't have these beautiful things in Europe or in England.
02:46We don't have them.
02:47We have cars that are closed up, yeah, and sort of protected from everyone.
02:52No one wants to talk to anyone.
02:54Everyone's very sheltered.
02:55Whereas here, it's like, hello.
02:57Open to all.
02:58Open to all.
02:59Isn't that wonderful?
03:00And so that's why this electric walla, we call it the walla bike, is the greatest vehicle on the planet, designed in India.
03:10That's a very good point, actually.
03:12So everyone knows there's only so many, there's limited resources, aren't there?
03:16You can't keep extracting fossil fuels from the earth forever.
03:20Can't do that.
03:21No, no, no.
03:21It's going to run out.
03:22We've got to go electric.
03:24It's better for the planet.
03:25And India are leading the way in renewable energy and electric transportation.
03:32Very important.
03:33You know what?
03:33I'm going to go out on a limb.
03:36Elon Musk, if you're listening, Elon Musk, you should come to India and see how to do electric transportation properly.
03:43Absolutely.
03:44India is transforming the movement of electric transportation.
03:49I think anyone who's riding, anyone who's driving a petrol or diesel vehicle should maybe go to prison.
03:57It's not good for the planet.
03:59We all know that.
04:00Electric is best.
04:02I see so many electric rituals everywhere.
04:04This is, I smile.
04:06I go, we have the future.
04:08India have the future.
04:10Let's work together and show the rest of the world how to do it properly.
04:13We organize adventures all over the world and from Mongolia, Africa to India.
04:22And all of our adventures challenge people to do something unusual in a difficult or an unusual vehicle and raise money for charity.
04:29So in the past, we have another event in India called the rickshaw run where we have auto rickshaws.
04:34And we wanted to do something more environmental and we love the old cycle rickshaws.
04:41So we picked up a cycle rickshaw and we worked with our partners in Kolkata, Gike, to create an electrified version of the pedal rickshaw, the cycle rickshaw.
04:52And we wanted to keep it looking as original as we possibly could to make the rickshaws look as original as we could and make a new adventure across Assam.
05:03So we're called the adventurists.
05:05Adventurists.
05:06Adventurists.
05:06Adventurists.
05:07I don't know.
05:08Do you mean how many people take part?
05:10Yeah.
05:10Maybe 2,000 every year?
05:12Something like that?
05:13In the company?
05:14Yeah, yeah.
05:15It depends on the time of year.
05:17So sometimes a few hundred, sometimes 10, 15.
05:21Depends on the time of year, how big the company gets.
05:23How many?
05:24Dude, we're on our way.
05:25We started in near Gohati and we wanted to get to Dibrogar in like three or four days, but we keep breaking it.
05:32Beautiful, yeah, amazing.
05:34We've seen elephants everywhere, rhinos.
05:36It's, yeah, an amazing thing.
05:37Very beautiful.
05:38The whole of Assam is beautiful.
05:39Yeah, we're from the UK.
05:40I'm from Chepstow, near Bristol.
05:43Our body's from London and Rich is from Rutland.
05:46That's what we do professionally.
05:47So we do this all over the world, yeah.
05:50So people help you in your rights?
05:52Yeah.
05:53In Assam?
05:54Yeah, yeah, very much so.
05:55How can they help you?
05:56Oh, no, I mean, just smile and wave at us as they see us coming.
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