Homegrown EV brand Oben Electric is set to start delivering its performance electric motorcycle, Oben Rorr, in the first week of July 2023.
The start-up recently opened its first experience centre in HSR Layout, Bengaluru and has a distribution network in major Indian cities, and plans to meet the demand of 21,000 preorders by scaling up its manufacturing capacity.
Backed by 21 patents and 95% component-level localisation, this electric motorcycle is powered by a 10 kW IPMSM motor developed in-house that enables 0-40 kmph in three seconds and a top speed of 100 kmph. It comes with a certified range of 187 km (IDC) and boasts of a first-in-segment LFP (Lithium Ferrous Phosphorous) cell technology-based battery pack.
Further, the Oben Rorr’s 4.4 kWh battery can be fully charged at home in 120 minutes (2 hours). Madhumita Agrawal, Founder and CEO, Oben Electric, expressed her excitement about rolling out their electric motorcycle and welcoming the first set of customers.
Oben Electric recently raised INR 40 crore in an extended pre-series A round for increasing their production capacity to 100,000 units per year at their 3.5-acre manufacturing facility in Bengaluru and meet their working capital requirements for distribution expansion.