Royal Enfield’s first electric bike is expected to be based on the Electrik01 concept.

Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director & CEO of Eicher Motors, has stated that the first Royal Enfield electric motorcycle will debut in the next 2-years.

Lal revealed that Royal Enfield is currently testing the prototype and that a team was looking into the commercial side of the EV business.

Speaking of which, as per Royal Enfield CEO B Govindarajan, the company has hired around 100 people who are dedicatedly working in the EV space. It is planning a production capacity of 1-1.5 lakh units for EVs at the existing facility.

Reports suggest that the Royal Enfield electric bike will be based on a new 96V architecture, known internally as the ‘L-platform’. It is expected to borrow design cues from the Electrik01 concept.

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