Revolt Motors launched its very first AI enabled electric motorcycle in India. Lets look at what it has to offer and can it replace conventional combustion engine motorcycles ?
Here are the Specs...
The bike we are talking about here is RV 400. It has a Lithium Ion battery with range of 150 km per full charge. That means you can complete trip of 150 km on single full charge,which is an impressive figure. It takes about 4.5 hours to fully charge the battery and 3 hrs. to reach 75% charge. Bike has 3 KW electric motor. The bike offers several mode switches that will tune the output performance accordingly for example there are three modes namely Normal Mode, Sports Mode and Eco Mode. These modes vary in the battery range and the max speed. For Normal Mode, range is 100 kms and top speed is 65 kmph. For Sports Mode, range is 80 kms and top speed is 80 kmph. And for Eco Mode, range is 150 kms and top speed is 45 kmph. Talking about another important aspect that is carrying capacity or load capacity of which the maximum is 150 kg / 2 persons. The riding position also impresses with adjustable foot pad positions and adequate space between seat and the handlebars.
The bike is light weight with kerb weight less than 110 kg, 108 kg to be precise. The length of the vehicle is 2156 mm and the width is 813 mm. Also the Height is 1112 mm. Wheel base of 1350 mm which is pretty standard and the bike does not look small in any ways. There are disc brakes both at front (240mm) and end (240mm). Front suspension comprised of Upside Down Forks type and rear suspension is a Monoshock (Adjustable). Bike has ground clearance of 215 mm and raider seat height is 814 mm. The bike comes with 17 inch alloy wheels with front 90/80 17” and rear 120/80 17”
The bike has full digital instrument cluster responsible for showing Speedometer, Tachometer, Low Battery Indicator, and Trip Meter.
Is it AI enabled?
Yes !! It is interesting that bike is AI enabled with IOT implementation and the bike has a dedicated android application. It is 4G connectivity enabled. As the bike is electric it does not have any engine sound of its own. To add the feel, company has provided bike with a built-in speaker dedicated for producing sound, the fun part is that you can choose one from the three different types of engine sounds that we can select using the application. Also we can control the volume of sound. The application shows battery status, bike location and let us on / off the bike. A useful feature is Geo-Fence using which you can select Geo Fencing area for your bike meaning if your bike goes beyond that area / fence then the bike will automatically shut down. You can set radius for fencing with maximum of 50 km radius. Another cool feature is battery swap option in which app will show you the revolt battery swap center location where you can go and exchange you bike’s battery with another battery. Application also shows your trip details.
Variants and Price
The company offers two models RV 300 and RV 400 . Visually, RV 300 and RV 400 are not very different. Both has hexagonal LED projector headlamp with LED DRLs, wide handlebars and stepped-up single piece seat design. However , the major differences includes color options RV 300 is available with Neon Black and Smokey Grey colour options while RV 400 is available with Cosmic Black and Rebel Red colour options. Also RV 300 is slightly compact as compared to RV 400 but has higher ground clearance. RV 300 comes with only one variant with a standard features list while RV 400 comes with a base and a premium variant where premium variant is loaded with features like the three-year 4G connectivity package is included , also includes one-time tyre replacement within three years of ownership and features like bike immobilizer , remote key , push start and sound simulator system which the base version and RV 300 miss out on.
RV 300
Price – Rs. 2,999 pm for 3 years and the additional Rs. 5,000 for 4G connectivity, totaling to a cost of Rs. 1,15,963 after three years.
RV 400
Base – Rs.3400 pm for 3 years and the additional Rs. 5,000 for 4G connectivity, totaling to a cost of approx. Rs.1,34,463 after three years
Premium – Rs. 3,999 pm for 3 years, total cost approx. Rs.1,47,963.
Bottom Line
If the company maintain a good network of service centers / revolt swap centers pan india, this motorcycle can show triumphant potential as a replacement for combustion engine ones.
