After waiting a long time, Hero MotoCorp entered the Emerging Electric Market and launched its first electric scooter Hero Vida V1. The Vida is Hero’s Electric sub-brand. Vida is a Spanish word that means Life. The Vida V1 electric scooter was launched in two Variants: Hero Vida Plus & Vida Pro, with the price pinned at Rs 1,45,000 and Rs 1,59,000 respectively.
The Hero Vida V1 Pro variant offers claimed IDC(Indian Driving Cycle) range of 165 Km on a full charge. Even though Hero MotoCorp has taken some time to enter the electric vehicle segment, it has made the best of its product. Talking about the IDC Range, the Vida V1 Pro has outperformed its competitors. Vida has beaten its top rivals TVS iQube Electric, Hero Electric and also its corporate partner Athar Energy.
Vida V1 Top Speed & Performance
Basically, Vida has launched two models of electric scooters: VIDA V1 PLUS and VIDA V1 PRO. Both the models have a Top Speed of 80 Kmph and Fast Charging at 1.2 km/min. But talking about the IDC range of both models, there is a difference of around 20+ Km. The VIDA V1 PLUS offers an IDC range of 143 Km, while the VIDA V1 PRO delivers 165 Km. The claimed 0-40 kmph time is 3.2 seconds and 3.4 seconds respectively for the V1 Plus and V1 Pro.
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Battery Power And Charging of Vida V1
Both the models of Vida V1 have 12 kg weighted Removable & Swappable IP67-rated Water Proof Battery Packs. The company has used high-voltage Li-ion battery packs in its new scooters containing manganese, nickel and cobalt. The Vida V1 Plus is rated 3.44kWh and the Pro variant has 3.94kWh Battery power. Hero MotoCorp is offering 3 years or 30,000Km of Warranty service and a standard five-year warranty for 50,000 km on the Scooter. Both the scooters from Hero’s subbrand Vida are powered by an IP68-rated Hub motor coupled with the IP67-rated WaterProof battery pack to deliver the best performance.
The Vida Claims that Fast Charging will take 65 minutes for 0-80 per cent. You can charge your Vida V1 Scooters on The Fast and Smart Charging Network “VIDA charging network”. And you can also charge at home through the Vida home charger, which comes with your scooter.
Design & Features
In terms of Design, Viewed from the front, the scooter has been given a sharp modern sporty look. The front end of the scooter comes with LED Headlamps and powerful tiny LED Turn Indicators.
Like other electric scooters, the Vida V1 also gets an inbuilt 7-inch TFT Touchscreen Digital dashboard. Where. you can easily operate the entire scooter, like a set route on maps, music play, cruise control, upload personal documents, tire pressure check, Track My Bike etc and many more features accessible through the Digital Dashboard. You can start eScooter without a Physical Key.
The e-scooter also gets split seats, 26L boot space, dual-tone alloy wheels and a generously sized grab handle. Vida v1 comes with a Passenger Footrest so that the female passenger can sit well behind. To control the Vida V1, the front alloy wheel gets a Disc brake while the rear tyre gets a Drum brake.
