Ultraviolette X47 Crossover New Base Variant: What’s New?

Ultraviolette’s most affordable electric bike is the X47 Crossover. It is essentially a streetbike on stilts, and is positioned below the Ultraviolette F77 SuperStreet. While it was the brand’s most accessible offering, Ultraviolette wanted to bring the price down to less than the psychological barrier of Rs 2.50 lakh. Hence, in May-end 2026, the brand launched a new base variant at Rs 2.49 lakh (ex-showroom). Read on to know more: 

What’s new?

• The new variant doesn’t have any suffix as such, so it is just called the Ultraviolette X47. This is essentially the same as the ‘Original’ variant, which used to be the most affordable variant when the bike was launched. 

• However, the new variant now slots below the Original variant, and Ultraviolette did the most obvious thing to bring the cost down: remove the radar tech and its related features. 

• With the ‘Hypersense’ tech, the X47 became the first Indian bike to have ADAS features.

• It unlocks features such as rear collision warning, lane change assist, overtake alert, and blindspot monitoring

• While these features are super useful, riders do not necessarily need these, especially if one is a defensive rider who is aware of their surroundings. 

• Hence, it makes sense for Ultraviolette to sell a variant without the radar tech.

What’s unchanged?

• Everything else is unchanged. You get the same motor and battery specifications, same claimed range of 211km (IDC, Indian Driving Conditions), even the same 3-year 60,000km battery and drivetrain warranty as standard. 

• Even the acceleration and top speed are not compromised. You get the same 145kmph top speed as all the other variants, and 0-60kmph acceleration time is just 2.8 seconds like the Original variant. The Recon and Desert Wing variants are just 0.1 second quicker, so you’re not losing out on much.

• It also gets the same level of rider aids as the Original variant, including Glide, Combat and Ballistic riding modes, 3-level regenerative braking, traction control, dual-channel ABS, park assist and even hill-hold. 

• There’s standard Wifi plus Bluetooth connectivity too. You also have the option to upgrade to a 10-level regenerative braking, 3-level traction control, and a dash cam module - all for an extra charge, of course.

In our opinion, this is the right move as not everyone will want the fancy radar-assisted features on a motorcycle. This is especially considering the field of vision is much higher on a motorcycle than on a car, hence it becomes extremely crucial (and natural) to rely on an alert state of mind rather than tech. So, you end up saving Rs 15,000 over the Original variant, and get to keep the aspects that really matter: performance, rider aids and range. That’s pretty much a win-win in our books.