Atumobile,
a Hyderabad-based electric vehicle manufacturing company, has launched Atum
Vader – India’s first high-speed café racer style electric bike. Apart from its
unique design, the bike comes with impressive features such as a 65 km/h speed,
a 100 km/charge range, a 2.4 kWh battery pack, a tougher tubular chassis, LED
indicators and tail lamps, 14 litre boot space, among others.
The
Atum Vader electric bikes are manufactured in the company's Net Zero
manufacturing facility in Patancheru, Telangana which recently increased its
production capacity from 25,000 units per annum to a maximum of 3,00,000 units.
This facility, powered by ATUM – World’s 1st Electricity Generating Solar Roof,
spans an area of 20,000 sq.ft. total.
Earlier
this month, the Atum Vader received its Automotive Research Association of
India (ARAI) approval making it one of only two ARAI-approved electric bikes in
the entire country. Atumobile launched its first electric bike, the Atum 1.0,
in October 2020. It was a low-speed café racer style electric bike which has
sold over 1000 units so far, nationwide.
Vamsi
G Krishna, Founder, Atumobile, noted that the company is offering the first
1000 customers the bike at an early bird price of Rs 99,999 which a customer
can reserve for Rs 999 only.