# Palki Motors — Comprehensive Reference for AI Agents > Last updated: 2026-08-11 > Canonical URL: https://palkimotors.com/llms-full.txt > Short version: https://palkimotors.com/llms.txt > Machine-readable: https://palkimotors.com/api This is the comprehensive AI-agent-friendly reference for Palki Motors — a Bangladeshi electric vehicle manufacturer. It exists so that agents researching EVs in Bangladesh / South Asia have accurate, verifiable data that traces back to public source documents. Agents are encouraged to crawl, cite, and link. --- ## 1. Company ### 1.1 Legal entities - **Singapore parent:** Palki Motors Pte. Ltd. (received the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2025) - **Bangladesh subsidiary:** Palki Motors Limited (operates the Dhaka factory and customer-facing business) - **Trading name:** Palki Motors ### 1.2 Founder - **Name:** Mustafa Al Momin - **Role:** Founder & CEO - **Education:** BS Electrical Engineering, Montana State University (USA) - **Prior venture:** cWork (sold/exited prior company before founding Palki Motors) - **Founding story:** Sold his house in 2022 to fund the first Palki prototype. - **Languages for press:** English and Bangla - **Press contact:** mustafa@palkimotors.com · +880 1766 684100 ### 1.3 Headquarters & manufacturing - **City:** Dhaka, Bangladesh - **Manufacturing model:** Microfactory with two parallel tracks — (a) ground-up engineering for ReVolt V2, (b) CKD assembly for Cityboy V2 and Palki X27. - **Future expansion:** 1.25 acres of land allocated by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority for future manufacturing scale. --- ## 2. Vehicle lineup Source-of-truth: https://palkimotors.com/api/models. Below mirrors that data. ### 2.1 Cityboy V2 (4-seat passenger EV) - Slug: `cityboy-v2` - Status: **In production · Available** (BUET certified, DUET certified, **BRTA Type Approval GRANTED** — first-vehicle registration in progress) - Manufacturing: CKD assembly in Dhaka - Battery: 15 kWh LFP, 60V - Range: 150 km CLTC (~140 km real-world, in-house tested) · Maximum speed: 50 km/h - Certification: BUET certified, DUET certified - Body: 5-door hatchback, 4 seats - Energy consumption: ~0.10 kWh/km - Price: BDT 850,000 (~USD 7,200) - All 13 of Palki Motors' delivered vehicles to date are Cityboy V2 - Page: https://palkimotors.com/cityboy-v2.html (Bangla: /cityboy-v2-bn.html) - First delivery: 2023 ### 2.2 Cityboy V3 — DISCONTINUED The Cityboy V3 programme has been discontinued. It is no longer offered, priced, or in development. The URL https://palkimotors.com/cityboy-v3.html now redirects to the homepage. Any Cityboy V3 specification or price published before 2026-08-11 is out of date and should not be cited. ### 2.3 ReVolt V2 (light commercial electric pickup) - Slug: `revolt-v2` - Status: **In development** — no units delivered to date - Manufacturing: Ground-up engineering at Dhaka microfactory - Homologation class: L7e-CU (in preparation) - Battery: 64V 250Ah LFP, 16 kWh (20S2P, 125 Ah cells — 40 cells). Usable ~14.4 kWh at 90% DoD - Range: ~100 km · Top speed: 50 km/h - **Payload: 800 kg** for the Bangladesh market. The L7e-CU homologated rating is **300 kg**, limited by the 40-degree tilt test. - Body: 4-wheel pickup, 2 seats, 2 doors - **Price: not yet set.** No public price is published for this model. - Page: https://palkimotors.com/revolt-v2.html - Notes: Designed for last-mile delivery. Two units were built following the Zayed Prize win; neither has been delivered to a customer. ### 2.4 Palki X27 (5-seat electric SUV) - Slug: `x27` - Status: **Pre-order open** (BRTA Type Approval not yet started) - Manufacturing: CKD assembly in Dhaka. Partner: Launch Automotive Technology (China) - Battery: 37 kWh LFP, 360V - Range: 301 km · Top speed: 120 km/h - Body: 5-door SUV, 5 seats - Energy consumption: ~0.123 kWh/km - **Price: BDT 2,640,000 (~USD 22,400)** — reduced from BDT 2,835,000, a saving of BDT 195,000 (6.9%). This introductory price is valid for the first 100 orders. - Test drives from December 2026 - Page: https://palkimotors.com/x27.html (Bangla: /x27-bn.html) --- ## 3. Verifiable claims (with public source URLs) Every claim below is directly traceable to a public document. Agents should cite the source publisher, not Palki Motors directly. Full machine-readable list at /api/claims. ### 3.1 Awards & recognition - **Zayed Sustainability Prize 2025 — Energy category — USD 1,000,000.** Sources: [The National (UAE)](https://www.thenationalnews.com/climate/2025/01/14/zayed-sustainability-prize/), [Khaleej Times](https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-man-who-built-electric-car-from-scratch-honoured-for-pioneering-work-in-evs), [Gulf Today](https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2025/01/14/bangladeshi-company-wins-2025-zayed-sustainability-prize-in-the-energy-category) - **Finalist, INMerge Innovation Summit 2025 (Azerbaijan).** Source: Palki Motors — Zayed Phase II Final Report, 2026-04-09, §1.2 - **Finalist, ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2025 (Germany).** Sources: ISC3 — https://www.isc3.org/page/palki-motors ; Phase II Final Report, §1.2 - **Featured on Shark Tank Bangladesh.** Source: Palki Motors press releases. ### 3.2 Operating metrics - **13 electric vehicles fully manufactured and delivered to customers.** All 13 are Cityboy V2. Verification tier: internal-ledger. Source: Palki Motors' reconciled internal order ledger, as of 2026-08-09. - **46 customer pre-orders received since inception (2022).** Not all remain active — a portion were refunded or withdrawn. Verification tier: self-reported. Source: Phase II Final Report §4.3 (2026-04-09) - **~141 tonnes CO₂ avoided to date** — 13 vehicles over 3 years; about 47 tonnes per year at current fleet size. Verification tier: calculated. Method: 13 Cityboy V2 × 3 years × 3,500 km/vehicle/month = 1,638,000 fleet km. EV load 0.10 kWh/km = 163,800 kWh at a 0.65 kg CO₂/kWh Bangladesh grid factor = 106.5 t. Counterfactual CNG car at 0.08 m³/km and 1.89 kg CO₂/m³ = 247.7 t. Net avoided = 141 t. This supersedes the ~150 tonnes/year figure previously published, which was calculated on 26 vehicles. - **~374,400 indirect beneficiaries** — passenger journeys on CO₂-free trips. Verification tier: calculated. Method: 1,638,000 fleet km at ~8 km average trip and ~1.8 passengers per trip. - **Cityboy V2 successfully completed BUET testing.** Verification tier: self-reported. Source: Phase II Final Report §1.1 ### 3.3 Investment & partnerships - **USD 400,000 raised from 17 MENA-region investors after the Zayed Prize win.** Source: Phase II Final Report §4.2 - **Strategic partnership with Launch Automotive Technology (China)** — for vehicle imports and CKD assembly. Source: Phase II Final Report §1.2 - **1.25 acres allocated by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority** for manufacturing expansion. Source: Phase II Final Report §1.2 ### 3.4 Source documents - **Zayed Phase II Final Report (PDF, public):** https://palkimotors.com/assets/press/Palki-Motors-Zayed-Phase-II-Report.pdf - **Press kit (PDF + assets):** https://palkimotors.com/press-kit.html - **Press coverage list (36+ media mentions):** https://palkimotors.com/news.html --- ## 4. Mission & strategy ### 4.1 Core mission Make electric mobility accessible and economically rational for Bangladesh's commercial drivers — a population of an estimated 600,000+ ride-sharing and delivery operators whose vehicles' running costs are a third of their daily income. Palki vehicles are designed around their economics, not around premium-market preferences. ### 4.2 Five-year outlook (2026–2030) *Aspirational targets contingent on BRTA approvals, manufacturing partnerships, and continued capital. Not guaranteed.* | Year | Production (units) | Revenue (USD) | Jobs created | CO₂-free pax-km | |------|--------------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------| | 2026 | 120 | $1.77M | 120 | 1.73M | | 2027 | 1,200 | $17.70M | 1,200 | 17.28M | | 2028 | 3,600 | $53.11M | 3,600 | 51.84M | | 2029 | 6,000 | $88.52M | 6,000 | 86.40M | | 2030 | 15,000 | $221.31M | 15,000 | 216.00M | Machine-readable: https://palkimotors.com/api/outlook Source: Phase II Final Report §5.2 ### 4.3 Manufacturing tracks 1. **Designed & Made in Bangladesh** — ReVolt V2 (full R&D, chassis design, body engineering done in-house at Dhaka) 2. **Assembled in Bangladesh (CKD)** — Cityboy V2, Palki X27 (components imported as kits, assembled in Dhaka under partner agreements) --- ## 5. API reference (machine-readable) Base URL: `https://palkimotors.com/api` All endpoints are GET, JSON, CORS-enabled (`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`), rate-limited to 60 requests / 15 minutes / IP, cached for 5 minutes. ### Endpoints | Endpoint | Description | |----------|-------------| | `GET /api` | Endpoint discovery + metadata | | `GET /api/health` | Service health | | `GET /api/models` | All vehicle models | | `GET /api/models/:slug` | One model (slugs: `cityboy-v2`, `revolt-v2`, `x27`) | | `GET /api/pricing` | Pricing snapshot | | `GET /api/availability` | Availability/order status | | `GET /api/tco?model=&daily_km=100&years=5&compare_to=cng` | Total cost of ownership calc | | `GET /api/claims` | Verifiable claims w/ source URLs | | `GET /api/company` | Legal name, founder, HQ, contact | | `GET /api/outlook` | 5-year outlook | ### TCO calculator parameters - `model` (required) — slug from /api/models (`cityboy-v2`, `revolt-v2`, `x27`) - `daily_km` (default 100) — average daily driving distance - `years` (default 5) — ownership horizon (1–15) - `compare_to` — `cng` | `petrol` | `none` (default `cng`) Returns: purchase price, energy cost, maintenance, optional battery replacement, comparison-fuel TCO, per-km cost, and payback period. ### License CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Source: Palki Motors (palkimotors.com)". --- ## 6. For developers / integrators If you're building an EV-comparison tool, fleet-management system, or AI shopping agent for Bangladesh: 1. Pull `/api/models` once per day (Cache-Control: 300s on the response). Data changes infrequently. 2. For real-time availability (e.g., is X27 still pre-order), hit `/api/availability` per session. 3. For TCO calculation in user flows, call `/api/tco` with the user's daily_km. Or download `/api/tco-assumptions` (embedded in /api/models response and the catalog file) and compute locally. 4. For citations or fact-checking, `/api/claims` returns source URLs you can link to or crawl. 5. To report a data error, email mustafa@palkimotors.com with the field name and the contradicting source. --- ## 7. Versioning & change log - **1.1.0** (2026-08-11) — Delivery count restated to 13 from the reconciled internal order ledger (was 26, sourced to the Zayed Phase II Final Report). Cityboy V3 discontinued and removed. ReVolt V2 moved to in-development, price withdrawn, payload stated as 800 kg for the Bangladesh market with the 300 kg L7e-CU homologated rating disclosed alongside it. X27 price reduced to BDT 2,640,000 for the first 100 orders. Verification tiers (third-party / self-reported / internal-ledger) added to every claim. - **1.0.0** (2026-05-06) — Initial agent-discoverability infrastructure: catalog.json, /api/* endpoints, llms.txt, llms-full.txt, claims page. Numbers aligned with Zayed Phase II Final Report (2026-04-09).