Bajaj Chetak

Bajaj Chetak Highlights

Bajaj has unveiled its first-ever electric scooter, the Chetak, under its Urbanite division. Once officially launched, the Chetak  will go on sale in phased manner, beginning with Pune and Bengaluru, with deliveries beginning in January. The electric scooter from Bajaj’s Urbanite project has been spotted testing multiple times. According to our sources, Bosch is heavily involved in the development. So expect the powertrain to be pretty sophisticated. 

The headlamp and turn signals are LEDs and the instrument cluster is a fully-digital LCD unit. There’s a single-sided swingarm and it is likely to pack a brushless DC motor linked to a belt drive. Up front, the scooter features single-sided suspension like the Vespa and the rear is likely to pack a monoshock. There a disc brake at the front and a drum unit at the rear.

The scooter will be launched around mid-November to early December, and Bajaj has said it will price the Chetak aggressively. We expect a price of around Rs 1 lakh (ex-showroom), which would allow to undercut its biggest rival, the Ather 450, by a fair margin