Are you looking confused between the plethora of electric scooters available in the market? Don’t you worry at all !!! We have solution for you. There have been alot of launches lately in the electric two-wheeler segment in India.
There have been mostly startups and overseas brands including some neighborhood imports which are available in awkward styles and bottom prices which may or may not offer excellent performance and service. Idea is to stick to homegrown established brands as they offer the reliability and service assurance with paced of mind especially for the battery which again is a very critical aspect of this whole shift in focus from erstwhile ICE. Bajaj resurrected the Chetak and the recent one being from TVS called iQube electric scooter which costs around Rs 1.08 lakh.
The well-established, as well as new players in the market, have launched products that seem to offer a decent package in terms of battery capacity, range as well as features.
Here is the barrage of electric scooters that you can buy in India today. But guest a price glimpse for a view.
Now Hero is one of the more popular mass market ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) brand in India for two wheelers closely followed by Bajaj and then TVS and finally Honda, Yamaha, etc. For EVs this is different you have an the popular established brands either offering our began to offer Electric solution but this market is largely dominated by overseas players liked Okinawa and homegrown startups like Ather, Ampere, Revolt, Batt re, Joy and Pure EV too babe a few. But for the sake of relativity let’s start with known brands. Hero offers a few products like Flash, Optima, Plus & Photon. Let’s take a look.
Hero Electric Flash
Hero Electric Flash generates 250 W power from its motor. Hero Electric Flash is available at a starting price of Rs. 41,650 in India. It is available in 2 variants and 2 colours with top variant price starting from Rs. 47,963. Let’s start with popular brand in two wheeler segment Hero.
Hero Electric Optima
The Hero Electric Optima is one of the brand’s most affordable electric scooters in India, priced at Rs 47,490 (ex-showroom Delhi). It packs a 250W hub motor, with a claimed top speed of 25kmph. The motor is linked to a lead-acid battery which offers a claimed range of around 50km.
Hero Electric Optima Plus
Hero Electric Optima generates 250 W power from its motor. With both front and rear drum brakes, Hero Electric Optima comes up with a combined braking system of both wheels. Hero Electric Optima is available at a starting price of Rs. 46,531 in India. It is available in 4 variants and 3 colours with top variant price starting from Rs. 72,803.
Hero Photon
Bajaj Chetak
The Chetak name returned to the Indian two-wheeler space with the launch of Bajaj’s first electric scooter. The Bajaj Chetak electric scooter is available in two variants: Urbane and Premium. Prices for the scooter begin from Rs 1 lakh for the former trim, with the Premium option costing an extra Rs 15,000, ex-showroom.
TVS iQube
TVS Motors launched its electric scooter iQube in Delhi at Rs. 1,08,012. It can be booked with a token amount of Rs. 5000 and the scooter claims to have a top speed of 78 kmph and a range of 75 km with a single charge.
Ather 450X
Ather Energy, one of the startups in the Indian electric segment has launched the Ather 450X which comes with a 4G SIM card and Bluetooth connectivity, allowing riders to manage phone calls and music on the touchscreen dashboard. The new 7” touchscreen dashboard, comes with a colour depth of 16M and a Snapdragon Quad-Core processor.
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