The EV startup is low on sales right now but its production-ready F99 may be just what will capture the attention of biking enthusiasts in the country.
Companies making electric vehicles in India are no strangers to taking big swings. As a consequence, a lot of eyes are on the country’s EV players.
Ultraviolette, a Benguluru-based EV startup founded in 2016, is one such company. It has unveiled a production-ready prototype of what it claims will be “India’s First Superbike”. The F99, from Ultraviolette’s factory racing platform, was unveiled at the Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori, or EICMA, a flagship motorcycle exhibition in Milan.
With specifications, which at least on paper rival some of the best litre-class superbikes that European or Japanese companies offer, the F99 …
Maanav is a trainee journalist at The Morning Context. He studied journalism and international relations at St. Joseph’s in Bengaluru.
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