Receiving the Outstanding Company of the Year award at CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards 2024, Bajaj quoted December VAHAN registration data and said Chetak is now the largest selling electric scooter in the country.
Rajiv Bajaj said that by end of the upcoming festive season, Bajaj Auto could see its clean energy vehicles portfolio cross the one lakh mark in monthly sales.
Equipped with a 2.8 kWh battery pack, Chetak 2901 has an ARAI-certified range of 123 km per charge and a top speed of 63 km per hour
The Chetak Premium 2024 also has a "Green Score" feature, allowing users to keep track of their carbon footprint reduction, fuel consumption reduction, and monetary savings.
Due to the strong demand for its electric scooter Chetak, Bajaj Auto intends to expand the model's sales infrastructure to 75 locations nationwide during the current fiscal year.
Bajaj Auto, which brought back its iconic scooter brand in the electric version in October 2019, also said it has already added 12 new cities in the network in the first six weeks of 2022.
Grief runs deep today as India lost a son who would always put nation first. Bajaj Chetak gave India's manufacturing the courage to dream big.
Till today, the Chetak was only available in Pune and Bengaluru and Nagpur is the latest city to have the scooter.
Positive outlook for domestic and export segments, reasonable valuation, strong product pipeline and a bounce-back in demand for premium bikes make Bajaj Auto an attractive bet for the long haul.
The company had received an overwhelming response after the bookings were opened at 900 hours on April 13, which was also the auspicious day of Gudi Padwa, and customers were able to book Chetak online on a first come first serve basis.
Bajaj’s plans to throw open bookings in more cities had to be deferred because of the disruption in supply of battery cells due to the pandemic. So far, bookings and deliveries have only been taking place in Bengaluru and Pune
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The electric scooter, while taking up a legacy name, gets an all-LED headlamp with DRLs and the sides have a slight bulge that flow to the tail, all in line with the tail lamp.
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The new Chetak is based on the old scooter whose shoes (or tyres) it needs to fill.
Bajaj Auto announced on October 16 that it would be making a comeback into the two-wheeler segment with an electric scooter designed along the lines of the original Chetak.
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