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Hero Bike
Hero’s electric motorcycle: 165 km of claimed range and a battery you can swap instead of wait for.
Ex-showroom price
₹1.54 lakh
Delhi NCR
Launched February 2025
| Variant | Ex-showroom |
|---|---|
| VX1X electric single-speed 3.9 kWh battery · TFT console with navigation · Home charge and swap capable | ₹1.54 lakh |
Prices are ex-showroom, Delhi NCR, unverified MotoSutra catalogue estimates — not official or live quotations. Confirm current prices with the manufacturer and a dealer.
Claimed range
165 km
Battery capacity
3.9 kWh
Charging
Fixed-swap or home charge; swap network
Range depends on speed, temperature, load and route. Confirm the test cycle and charging conditions behind any quoted figure.
| Motor | 11 bhp |
|---|---|
| Torque | 25 Nm |
| Battery | 3.9 kWh |
| Claimed range | 165 km |
| Charging | Fixed-swap or home charge; swap network |
| Top speed | 90 kmph |
| Gearbox | Single-speed |
| Kerb weight | 125 kg |
|---|---|
| Seat capacity | 2 persons |
| Suspension | Telescopic front fork, dual rear shock absorbers |
| Brakes | Front and rear disc, combined braking system |
| Tyres | Front 90/90-17, rear 120/80-17 |
| Safety equipment | Dual discs with combined braking and app-based geo-fencing alerts; no crash-test rating applies |
| Length | 2060 mm |
|---|---|
| Seat height | 790 mm |
| Wheelbase | 1370 mm |
| Ground clearance | 175 mm |
Figures without a named source document are unverified MotoSutra catalogue estimates, not official specifications. Confirm current numbers with the manufacturer.
The Vida VX1X is the electric two-wheeler Hero has been taking its time over, and the decision that shapes it is the dual battery route: charge at home from an ordinary socket, or pull into a fixed-swap station and be moving again in under two minutes. The 3.9 kWh pack gives a claimed 165 km of range, and the swap option removes the single biggest anxiety of small-battery electric ownership on a long day.
Riding it is closer to a 125cc motorcycle than any electric scooter. The 11 bhp hub motor pulls to an honest 90 km/h ceiling, the twin-spar frame feels motorcycle-stiff over joins, and the disc-brake-and-combined-system arrangement stops with authority. Three ride modes trade acceleration against range, and in the mildest setting the consumption figure in this listing genuinely approaches scooter economy without the scooter compromises in pillion seating.
The costs are price and infrastructure trust. At ₹1.54 lakh in this unverified listing it asks more than a comparable petrol 125 by a wide margin, and the swap promise is only as good as the network density in the buyer’s city — which is exactly the variable an unverified catalogue like this one cannot resolve. On paper the argument is complete; the decision lives on the map.
4.0/5
Overall score across 7 rated dimensions
MotoSutra editorial rating: 4 out of 5
Lowest rated
Performance
3.7/5
Power, acceleration & riding dynamics
Hero’s electric motorcycle: 165 km of claimed range and a battery you can swap instead of wait for.
MotoSutra editorial rating on a 5-point scale. Rated across 7 dimensions; unscored dimensions are omitted.
From the MotoSutra desk
Our unverified shelf holds ten battery-electric records — five cars, four scooters, one motorcycle — and its price bands, range claims and estimated real-world shortfalls map the demand curve better than any registration chart could.
Every electric listing promises you charge for free by braking. Here is the arithmetic behind the promise, why the recovery figure on the brochure and the one in Bengaluru traffic are different numbers, and what the one-pedal habit is actually worth.
No clutch, no gearbox, no exhaust. Here is what actually sits between the charging socket and the wheel in the electric cars and scooters on our catalogue, where the single-speed drivetrain runs out of leverage, and which parts genuinely fail.
The EV question is not ideological, it is a sum: per-kilometre cost from the battery and the pump, the discount between claimed and real range, the charge-point you actually own, and the purchase premium that has to be eaten by the savings. Here is the working, using figures our catalogue records.
The ₹1.54 lakh electric motorcycle is reaching booked riders now; the catalogue record is complete, and the only number missing from it is how many swap stations the owner will actually find.
₹1.54 lakh ex-showroom Delhi NCR in this unverified listing, before any applicable state incentive — which is the variable that changes the value argument the most.
The claim is 165 km. MotoSutra’s estimate puts mixed city use at 130-155 km, with the number moving with mode choice, passenger weight and how hard the throttle is used below 70 km/h.
The pack charges from a standard 15 A home socket on the supplied charger, reaching a full charge overnight. The swap network is the convenience layer, not the only refuelling route.
Keep reading
Explainer 4 min
Every electric listing promises you charge for free by braking. Here is the arithmetic behind the promise, why the recovery figure on the brochure and the one in Bengaluru traffic are different numbers, and what the one-pedal habit is actually worth.
Explainer 4 min
No clutch, no gearbox, no exhaust. Here is what actually sits between the charging socket and the wheel in the electric cars and scooters on our catalogue, where the single-speed drivetrain runs out of leverage, and which parts genuinely fail.
Explainer 5 min
The EV question is not ideological, it is a sum: per-kilometre cost from the battery and the pump, the discount between claimed and real range, the charge-point you actually own, and the purchase premium that has to be eaten by the savings. Here is the working, using figures our catalogue records.
EV 3 min
Our unverified shelf holds ten battery-electric records — five cars, four scooters, one motorcycle — and its price bands, range claims and estimated real-world shortfalls map the demand curve better than any registration chart could.
EV 3 min
The ₹1.54 lakh electric motorcycle is reaching booked riders now; the catalogue record is complete, and the only number missing from it is how many swap stations the owner will actually find.
