Tork T6X
Tork’s first electric motorcycle, T6X
will offer a 100 km-plus range on full charge, which would be achieved in under
and hour, the company’s founder Kapil Shelke told us. The bike could be priced
at around Rs. 55,000-Rs. 60,000.
One such emerging start-up, Tork
Motorcycles that aims to manufacture India’s first electric motorcycle, has
recently been imparted a forward push in its endeavours. The avant-garde
company has raised angel funding from a host of marquee investors, including
Ola founders Bhavish Agarwal, Ankit Bhati and a group of angels led by CoCubes
co-founder and CEO Harpreet Grover.
The company believes in using race
tracks as a laboratory test for their prototypes and have participated as well
as won races at various events like the Isle of Man TT and Snetterton (UK). Its
first prototype called TX 01 stood third at the Isle of Man in 2009, and after
years of prototyping, its latest model, T6X is all set to go into production.
One major feature of the Tork T6X will
be a range of more than 100 km on full charge. On top of that, a full battery
can be achieved within 50 minutes. The motorcycle will also solve the rider’s
pain points with several value-added features like GPS, storage, cloud
connectivity and phone charging, making it also a first smart motorcycle in
India, informed Shelke.
Shelke remained tight-lipped on the
price of the new offering but indicated that the bike could demand a slightly
higher premium of around Rs 55,000 to Rs 60,000, given the features and
efficiency that it will offer. The company plans to open exclusive ‘Experience
Tork’ showrooms to allow customers to test Tork motorcycles and will also set
up charging units in four locations initially : Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, and
Chennai.
