Deliveries of the Ultraviolette F77 have commenced three months since its official launch. With the corporate’s first dealership scheduled to open in March, deliveries are at present going down immediately from Ultraviolette’s manufacturing facility in Bengaluru. The F77 is priced between Rs 3.80 lakh-4.55 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), putting it just about in an area of its personal within the electrical two-wheeler area. Compared to petrol-powered two-wheelers, it’s priced between the KTM RC 390 and the Kawasaki Ninja 400.

We had an opportunity to journey the F77, each on observe in addition to on the highway, and we discovered its efficiency to be corresponding to bikes within the 250-300cc area. It additionally boasts of probably the most spectacular vary figures of any electrical two-wheeler in India immediately, with a 307km IDC-claimed vary for its higher-spec Recon variant. This is courtesy of the most important battery pack put in on any electrical two-wheeler in India, measuring a considerable 10.3kWh. For reference, one thing just like the Ola S1 Pro will get a 4kWh unit.

At the time of deliveries starting, Ultraviolette has additionally introduced plans to additional elevate $120mn (Rs 992cr approx.) in its subsequent spherical of funding. The firm says this can be used in the direction of “global expansion plans” and “vehicle platform development efforts”. At current, it has raised $55mn (Rs 455cr approx.), with prolific traders being TVS Motor, Europe’s EXOR Capital, and US-based Qualcomm Ventures.