Ola launches three new e-bikes—Roadster X, Roadster, and Roadster Pro—with deliveries starting in 2025, featuring in-house battery technology.
At its highly anticipated Sankalp 2024 event, Ola announced the launch of three new e-bikes, known as the Roadster X, Roadster, and Roadster Pro. These models have come at the right time to enhance Ola’s quest to spearhead the change to electric mobility across the nation. According to the laid down strategy, Ola intends to start delivering these e-bikes by 2025 with Roadster X being the first. In the same year, the company envisaged the integration of battery technology manufactured within the firm.
Ola’s In-House Battery Initiative
From 2025, all the car models operated by Ola will be fitted with batteries produced by the in-house manufacturing unit called Bharat 4680. This idea is part of a broader plan to minimize reliance on third-party providers and improve the EVs that are produced by the company. The new battery cells that are under trial production at Ola’s gigafactory have a very low cost structure, five times more energy density than the current cells, can support fast charging and have a life of over 1000 charge cycles.
Information on Ola Roadster E-bikes
The first of the three e-bikes is the Roadster X which will come in three trims with the base 2.5kWh variant going for Rs 75,000. The 3.5kWh and 4.5kWh versions will cost Rs 85,000 and Rs 1 lakh, respectively.
The Roadster model will be considered mid-level and will feature a 13kW motor. It will be available in three battery packs: 3.5kWh, 4.5kWh, and 6kWh. The starting price is supposed to be at Rs 1.05 lakh for the stripped down model and Rs 1.20 lakh for the mid-level model whereas the top-end model would be Rs 1.40 lakh.
The Roadster Pro, which is the premiere model in the series, will be propelled by a motor capable of delivering 52 kW of peak power and 105 Nm of torque. It will come in two models, the 8kWh and the 16kWh which will cost Rs 2 lakhs and 2.50 lakhs respectively.
Each of the variants of Roadster is loaded with highly advanced features such as a massive TFT screen, USD fork, dual channel ABS, and multiple riding modes. Its safety measures will consist of ADAS, three-level traction control, and cornering ABS amongst others. Roadster X & Roadster STD’s deliveries are expected to begin by Diwali of 2025 and Roadster Pro is expected to offer its deliveries in the first half of 2026.
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