Highlights
This is the first ever fully electric scooter from TVS
The TVS iQube has a range of 75 km along with a top speed of 78 kmph
It gets a 4.5 kWh battery and charges fully in 5 hours.
About scooter
TVS Motor Company has entered in the electric vehicle segment and has launched its first-ever electric scooter offering with the iQube electric scooter. The new TVS iQube Electric Scooter is priced at Rs. 1.15 lakh (on-road, Bangalore) . It is to be sold initially in Bengaluru, its home market and is expected to soon be available in the metro cities as well.The company has installed a production capacity of 1,000 units per month for the new iQube and it is expecting to sell about 100 units in the coming days. One can book the TVS iQube Electric on the company's website or at select dealerships for a token amount of Rs. 5,000.
This will be directly go against the Bajaj Chetak and the Ather 450.
TVS iQube features
The scooter comes with many features such as a complete LED instrument display which will house the next-gen TVS SmartXonnect platform by the company. The IQUBE will have features such as geo-fencing, remote battery charge status, navigation assist, last park location, and incoming call alerts/SMS alerts. It has a futuristic design and a elite look with a sleek strip of led on the front along with LED taillamps and DRLs. It also has dual driving modes as well as regenerative braking.
iQube battery
It comes with 4.5kwh battery that is good for 75kms and puts out around 6bhp and 140nm of torque. This can push it from 0-40kmph in 4.2 seconds, with the top speed being a respectable 78kmph. It is let down by its charging capabilities at it does not come equipped with fast charging and will take around 5 hours to be fully charged.
Words by company
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company, said, “TVS Motor is driven by Customer-Centric Innovation. As India moves ahead, its mobility solutions would increasingly be total experience-led, nowhere is this felt sharper than among the youth of India. Our focus on the ‘Green & Connected’ youth of India, is embodied, in the first of the TVS Electric portfolio. TVS iQube Electric is a blend of an advanced electric drivetrain and the next-gen TVS SmartXonnect .
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