Hero Vida Electric Scooter Launch Delayed
The company cites the global supply chain crisis and semiconductor shortage as main reasons
The company cites the global supply chain crisis and semiconductor shortage as main reasons
[Update: The Hero Vida V1 electric scooter has been launched in India. For pricing, features and other details, take a look at the launch report.]
In March this year, Hero MotoCorp had announced the arrival of a new electric mobility brand Vida under which its electric scooters will be sold. While the company earlier revealed the scooter will be launched on the 1st of July this year, our wait has been extended as the scooter’s launch has been delayed.
Vikram Kasbekar, Executive Director at Hero MotoCorp said that it will unveil its first EV around the upcoming ‘festive period’. So it’s safe to say the scooter could arrive in the month of October or November. The supply chain issues and shortage of various components including semiconductors because of the ongoing geopolitical tension (Russia-Ukraine war) has been cited as the main reason for the delay.
Pawan Munjal, Managing Director at Hero MotoCorp previously gave us a glimpse of the upcoming scooter and here’s what we think it might get.
We expect Hero to price the scooter very aggressively and a sub Rs 1 lakh price tag could very well be on the cards. The scooter will compete against the likes of TVS iQube Electric, Ola S1, Bajaj Chetak among others.
Hero had earlier partnered with Taiwanese company Gogoro for battery swapping technology. The company also partnered with BPCL for a nationwide EV charging network. That should ensure a good infrastructure for the scooter by the time it arrives.
In a related development, Hero recently launched the Splendor Plus XTEC, which is more feature-loaded than its standard counterparts, specifically in terms of connected features. The biggest addition is a full-LCD instrument cluster that features Bluetooth connectivity. Read all about the new Splendor here.
Vida V1 User Reviews
Full for all the people that can be buy or buying thinking that that help can be helpful that performance maintenance and feature and style and this perfect look is excellent this can be help suitable. Speed booster will be the speed of the bike. The scooty sometimes has a problem with the speed booster and balancing, so it is difficult to control the scooty from the phone, especially when checking the child feed. I can recommend this bike to people to buy this because this scooty have fairy future and can travel one city to another now this is helpful for all the people, as this bike is comfortable and best for daily use work. .Read More
Real world mileage if you run it in eco mode, won't give you 90 km in single charge, even the v2 pro model. However since I bought, I did not spend single penny on maintenance. Other negatives: Vida has not released any software update so far over ota, don't have option to change speedometer dashboard skin, most of the features won't work in app. Keyless: should have an option for key. Should have turn indicator buzzer. You have to be cautious while washing your scooter sometime switch won't work until it gets completely dried.Read More
Very nice performance and services quality is good I have used for 2 year and see no downgrade in performance and range if you buy vida V1 plus then you get estimate range of 80 km but if you buy vida V1 pro then you get estimate range of 100 km in eco mode . company clean 165 but the vehicle not able to give that kind of rengeRead More
I purchased vida v1Pro it's very good EV scooter & millage also very well to travel 100km.In my Scooter Charging taking time is 5hours.only one key is given to raid.2 key is required.Hero vida one changes I required that is Single soft seat Cover & Folding foot rest inside option is very good for Ev Scooter.Read More
I am owning VidaV1 from past 1+ year. I see it is best in built quality and riding comfortability. It has good space for carrying. Very important feature which is the one help me a lot is removable battery. I moved from one rented home to other and at new home no charging facilities at basement. I can carry battery to 3rd floor and charge, with this Vida V1. Thanks for the great features. Read More