Hero will start taking bookings on October 10 and deliveries will begin in December. 460 crore) in Ather and in 2021 it partnered with Taiwan's Gogoro for its battery sharing infrastructure. In January, it announced an investment of more than $56 million (nearly Rs. 500 crore) in California-based Zero Motorcycles to jointly develop electric motorcycles. In September, Hero said it would invest $60 million (nearly Rs. The company has made a string of investments in electric vehicle startups.

1,45,000 rupees - higher than most electric scooters in India - and it will have a minimum range of 143kms on a single charge, similar to Ather. Prices for Hero's debut model, Vida Plus, will start at Rs. There are concerns this could derail growth of a sector that is key to the country's carbon reduction goals. While sales are accelerating as people move away from gasoline scooters in the face of rising fuel prices, a recent spate of electric scooters catching fire have raised concerns over safety, jeopardising consumer confidence.

India wants e-scooters and e-bikes to make up 80 percent of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2 percent today. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the 'GoPro 360' Flickr tag. 'While it may have been our wish to launch this product earlier than we have, we had to get it absolutely right for the greater good of everyone,' Chairman Pawan Munjal told reporters at the launch event in Jaipur. Like some other legacy automakers in India, Hero has been a laggard in launching electric two-wheelers, giving startups such as Ather Energy, which is backed by Tiger Global, and Softbank Group-backed Ola Electric a first-mover advantage.

India's Hero Moto, the world's biggest motorcycle maker by sales, launched its first electric scooter worldwide on Friday as it looks to catch up with newer businesses that have taken the lead in the shift to cleaner transport.

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