Hero Vida Electric Scooter: Pre-launch Wrapup
From teasers, to spy shots, to battery details, here's everything you need to know ahead of Hero's first electric scooter launch
[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.]
Hero MotoCorp has been working on entering the EV space for some time now. From forming strategic alliances with Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) for a wider battery-swapping network to establishing Vida, a subsidiary brand which will exclusively retail its EVs, it’s been keeping busy. And in a few days (October 7th) it’s all set to unveil its first e-scooter. Here’s a summary of everything we currently know about the upcoming EV.
It recently teased the silhouette of the e-scooter while announcing the launch date and it looks similar to the Gogoro S1 e-scooters. Gogoro is a Taiwanese EV company which has also developed a battery-swapping tech. Here’s what you can expect from the upcoming e-scooter.
Then came another breaking news which revealed that the upcoming Hero Vida e-Scooter will in fact get Gogoro’s swappable battery-tech confirming our hunch. This also ties in well with the BPCL partnership because battery swapping at places as widespread as BP petrol pumps will undoubtedly increase the chances of EV adoption thanks to how convenient it is.
Then, a very familiar looking e-scooter test mule was spied. And given the similarity of the test bikee’s rear section to the Vida e-scooter. Hero could be concluding the final rounds of testing of its first e-scooter ahead of its festive season launch.
Hero has also been building up the hype for the Vida and set up an advertisement installation in Cyber Hub in Gurugram. The glass installation was filled with actual parts and prototypes which were put to the test to bring the upcoming e-scooter up to its final production form.
Having a manufacturer like Hero MotoCorp – regarded as the world’s largest bikemaker– entering the EV game certainly has its benefits. It can take budding tech like EVs to make it more accessible and well distributed across markets, while maintaining an uncompromising check on the quality.
Vida V1 User Reviews
- Good for buying
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. .
2 - V1 Pro- Should you Buy ?
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.
7 2 - Very good vecile go for it
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 renge
2 1 - Very good Ev Scooter
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.
1 - Best removable battery scooter.
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.
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