Hero MotoCorp has confirmed that its first electric motorcycle will launch in 2027, expanding the company's EV portfolio beyond its existing Vida scooter range.
- Two platforms, UBEX and VXZ, will underpin the range
- VXZ developed in collaboration with Zero Motorcycles
Hero MotoCorp electric motorcycle details
UBEX and VXZ are dedicated motorcycle platforms, not derived from the Vida scooter architecture.
The confirmation came from Kausalya Nandakumar, Chief Business Officer of Hero MotoCorp's Emerging Mobility Business Unit, who told investors: "Not this year. We will be looking at products coming in from next year." Hero MotoCorp CEO Harshavardhan Chitale added that the company is making steady progress on its electric motorcycle programme and would share more details in the coming months.
The upcoming electric motorcycles will be built on two dedicated platforms first shown as concepts at EICMA 2025. The first, codenamed UBEX, will underpin a street-naked motorcycle. The second, codenamed VXZ, is being developed in collaboration with US-based Zero Motorcycles and is positioned as a high-performance electric motorcycle for adventure-oriented buyers, a project for which design patents were recently filed in India.
Nandakumar confirmed that, despite the learnings carried over from the Vida scooter platform, both the UBEX and VXZ are entirely new motorcycle-specific architectures. "The motorcycle platform now caters to the needs of a motorcycle consumer, and therefore these are new platforms that we are developing with learnings from the scooter platform, but with technology that is suited to what a motorcycle consumer is actually looking for in terms of performance, rideability, gradeability, and range," she said.
The electric motorcycle programme comes as Hero MotoCorp works to significantly scale its EV scooter business. The company plans to increase monthly Vida production capacity to 45,000 units in FY27, up from 15,000 units at the end of FY26.
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