New Delhi: Bajaj lastly opened the bookings of its much-awaited electric scooters, Chetak, on Tuesday (April 13). However, the bookings had been closed inside 48 hours of the launch as a result of overwhelming demand. Bajaj is now assessing the state of affairs and will re-open the bookings after reviewing the availability and manufacturing state of affairs.
So, you will have to attend a bit of longer to lastly get your arms on to an electric Chetak. Anyways, let’s deep diver into the options, value and how one can ebook your electric Bajaj Chetak the subsequent time it’s up for bookings.
Bajaj has launched Chetak in six color choices in the markets. The scooter’s seat comes with a distinction stitching sample that provides a premium look to the electric two-wheeler. LED headlamp, tail gentle, telescopic entrance focus and stepid units, amongst different options, additionally give Chetak a good look.
3 years guarantee on the battery
Bajaj Chetak is full of a set kind Li-ion battery that may be charged with a regular 5-15 ampere charger. The firm claims that the scooter’s battery can run for 70,000 Km, and that’s why it’s providing a guaranty for 3 years or 50,000 Km.
Charge 25% battery in 1 hour
Chetak comes with a 3kWh battery pack which helps in charging the scooter at a super-fast pace. You can cost 25% of the scooter in simply 1 hour, whereas it takes 5 hours to utterly cost the battery.
2 new modes
The scooter has two new modes: eco mode and sports activities mode. In the eco mode, your scooter will run greater than 95 Kms, whereas, in the sports activities mode, the battery will final for round 85 Kms.
Price of recent Chetak
Bajaj has launched Chetak in two variants: city and premium. The former is priced at round Rs 1,15,000, whereas the latter is priced at Rs 1,20,000. You can ebook the scooter by paying simply Rs 2000 each time the bookings go stay the subsequent time. The official web site for reserving is chetak.com.
When will bookings go stay?
As of now, Bajaj hasn’t introduced any date on which it’ll reopen the bookings for the brand new Chetak. Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director at Bajaj Auto Ltd., mentioned, “We are completely delighted to see the fabulous response to the re-opening of bookings for the Chetak electric scooter in Pune and Bengaluru.”
He additionally famous that Covid-led disruptions final yr resulted in an unintended and lengthy ready interval however regardless of that, the corporate noticed only a few cancellations of bookings. “We are aware that prospects wish to obtain early deliveries of Chetak and begin having fun with it as quickly as attainable, therefore we now have needed to take the troublesome resolution of closing the bookings in view of constant provide chain uncertainties. However, it’s our endeavour to resolve the availability chain points on the earliest, re-open bookings in addition to roll into extra cities throughout the subsequent quarter,” he added.
