Simple Ultra

The Simple Ultra is the brand’s recently unveiled upcoming flagship electric scooter, slated to sit above the Simple One Gen 2 in the lineup. Bookings are open for the Ultra, but prices are expected to be announced soon.

It focuses primarily on offering a significantly higher range than most electric scooters. This is thanks to its significantly larger battery pack. Apart from this, most of its hardware, features and ergonomics are expected to be carried over from the Simple One platform.

The Simple Ultra shares its sharp and sporty design language with the Simple One Gen 2. It features an apron-mounted headlamp, neatly integrated DRLs on the handlebar cowl, and a sleek tail section.

Since the Ultra is based on the Simple One platform, it is likely to offer the same safety suite like traction control with modes, and multiple levels of regenerative braking. It’s also likely to include fall detection, hill-hold assist, hazard lamp activation during hard braking, TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring system), limp-home mode, speed limiter, crawl mode and park mode.

Convenience

The Simple Ultra will be equipped with the same all-LED lights, 7-inch TFT touchscreen instrument console as the Simple One Gen 2, running an Android-based operating system. Features like cruise control, full-fledged navigation, smartphone connectivity, phone alerts, music controls, ride analytics, OTA (Over The Air) updates, live location, geofencing, and park assist should all be offered.

It should also get practical touches such as the 35-litre underseat storage, a 1-litre apron-mounted glove box, and an USB charging port.

Ergonomically, the Simple Ultra is expected to be identical to the Simple One Gen 2. This means it should get a seat height of 780mm and a ground clearance of 172mm, making it approachable for most riders and practical for Indian road conditions.

The highlight of this Simple electric scooter is its 6.5kWh battery with a claimed IDC (Indian Driving Cycle) range of 400km. This will make it the longest-range electric scooter in India. Simple has clarified that these figures are based on internal testing conditions. The real-world range will vary depending on riding modes, riding style, traffic and environmental factors.

The Ultra will likely use the motor from the One 5kWh variant which makes 8.8kWh and 72Nm. It has a top speed of 115kmph, and accelerates from 0 to 40kmph in 2.77 seconds (both claimed).

Due to the larger 6.5kWh battery pack, the Ultra’s kerb weight is expected to be higher than the One Gen 2’s 129kg, though the exact figure is yet to be announced. Brakes of the Ultra are expected to be identical to the Gen 2: a 200mm front and a 190mm rear disc with combined braking system (CBS). As with other Simple scooters, ABS is unlikely to be offered.

Once launched, the Simple Ultra will compete with other performance oriented, premium electric scooters like the Ather 450 Apex, Ola S1 Pro Plus, TVS X, and the upcoming Ultraviolette Tesseract.