Ahead of its official reveal on October 7, Hero has released a set of teasers for its upcoming e-scooter. One of the teasers claims that it will come with ‘best in class’ features indicating that we can expect a lot of features on offer. Another teaser reveals that the scooter will come with feature swappable batteries. This will ensure that users can quickly change their depleted batteries with fully charged ones at the battery station. This electric scooter was initially slated to launch on July 1st, 2022. However, the launch was delayed to the festive season.
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What do we know so far?
Though we have all heard the name Hero Electric and it is indeed a lineage of the same family, Hero MotoCorp cannot sell its EVs under the name ‘Hero Electric’ as the brand upholds its own identity and works independently. The six trademarked names are giving a taste of the wide variety of two-wheelers that Hero might have in mind. The applied-for names are; ‘Vida Electric’, ‘Vida EV’, ‘Vida Mobility’, ‘Vida Scooter’, ‘Vida Motorcycles’, and ‘Vida MotoCorp’. Even though Hero has only announced its plans for an electric scooter, these patents suggest that the brand might soon look into the electric motorcycle business.
Providing a proper network of service stations, and charging stations is also a concern for EVs, and the names such as ‘Vida Electric’, and ‘Vida Mobility’ also point toward plans for building a network for EV customers. Hero MotoCorp is a big name in the petrol two-wheeler market, and we hope for it to deliver similar performance in the EV industry as well. It will be competing with all the present E-scooters including the Ola S1 and S1 Pro and Ather 450x. It will be interesting to see what Hero will offer at a time like this when the E-Scooter market is soaring to new heights and every other brand has something different to offer. The Hero Vida could be positioned on a more affordable side of the market considering that it features battery swapping technology. The only other well-known electric scooter to feature battery swapping technology is the Bounce Infinity E1.