Ultraviolette launches the X-47 Venom electric motorcycle at Rs 2.65 lakh

Picture a motorcycle that goes from standing still to 100 km/h in under six seconds and never needs a petrol pump. On Thursday, 22 October 2026, a Bengaluru startup called Ultraviolette put one on sale. It is called the X-47 Venom, and it starts at Rs 2.65 lakh.

Bookings opened at 4 pm that same day, and the company says deliveries will start in November 2026. Here is what is new, what it costs, and what the launch tells us about the business behind it.

First, who is Ultraviolette?

Ultraviolette is an electric two-wheeler maker from Bengaluru. An electric two-wheeler runs on a big battery instead of a petrol tank, a bit like a giant version of the battery in your phone. The company is backed by TVS Motor, Qualcomm Ventures and Zoho Corporation.

It has put around Rs 1,000 crore into building three products so far, and nearly 70% of that went into research and development. That means most of the money went into inventing and testing new parts, not into shops or ads. Its Bengaluru plant can make up to 50,000 vehicles a year.

What exactly did it launch?

The X-47 Venom is a "crossover" motorcycle. Think of it like a pair of shoes that works for both school and a weekend trek. The company's CTO, Niraj Rajmohan, said it is meant for city rides, long trips and some off-road use.

Here are the headline numbers the company shared:

• Range: up to 343 km on one charge, measured on a standard Indian test called the IDC.
• Top speed: 155 km/h.
• Pick-up: 0 to 60 km/h in 2.7 seconds, and 0 to 100 km/h in 5.9 seconds.
• Weight: 180 kg, up to 20 kg lighter than the older version.
• Charging: it supports 12 kW DC fast charging, which the company calls a first for an Indian electric two-wheeler.

One small catch on range: the 343 km figure is for the top model with the bigger battery. The base model, with a smaller 7.5 kWh battery, has a claimed range of 227 km. A kWh is just a unit for how much energy a battery can hold, like litres for a water bottle.

So what does it really cost?

The Rs 2.65 lakh price is an "introductory" price. That is a launch offer, like a cafe selling its new drink cheaper in the first week. It applies only to the first 5,000 buyers. After that, prices of every version go up by Rs 35,000.

So the base model will cost about Rs 3 lakh once the offer ends (Rs 2.65 lakh plus Rs 35,000). There are four versions in all. The most costly one, with the bigger 11 kWh battery and a new yellow colour, has a launch price of Rs 4.12 lakh. These are ex-showroom prices in Bengaluru, which means the price before road tax, registration and insurance are added.

The cost of riding, in chai-stall maths

Ultraviolette also made a big claim about running costs, which is the money you spend every day to keep a vehicle moving. Its example, reported by Moneycontrol, goes like this. Rs 1,000 of petrol buys about 10 litres. A bigger petrol motorcycle that gives 30 km per litre would travel about 300 km on that.

The same Rs 1,000 spent on electricity buys about 100 units, which the company says takes the X-47 Venom much further. It puts the saving at roughly ten times lower running costs. Keep in mind that this sum is based on the company's own guesses about petrol prices, power prices and how efficient the bikes are.

The real story: a new "platform"

The bike is only half the news. The bigger announcement is the new VX-100 platform. A platform is a shared base of key parts that many future models can be built on. Think of it like a pizza base: once you have a great one, you can make many different pizzas on top.

The VX-100 brings a new battery, a new motor and a new motor controller, which is the "brain" that decides how much power reaches the wheel. The company says it built this platform in two years, while a brand new platform usually takes five to seven years.

It also adds safety tech. A part called a pyro-fuse is meant to cut off the battery's circuit in a split second if something goes badly wrong. There is radar that can warn about vehicles in a blind spot, plus front and rear dashcams, cruise control and a seven-inch touchscreen.

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Why build a platform? To make many more bikes

The X-47 Venom is the first of about four vehicles planned on the VX-100 over the next year, the CTO told BusinessLine. Two of the names are the Shockwave motorcycle and the Tesseract scooter.

The company is aiming to make 1,000 vehicles a month soon, and around 10,000 a month by October 2027. That is ten times more. To get there, it is setting up a new plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, which will first make scooters.

Shops are growing too. Ultraviolette has about 58 stores now and wants 100 across India by the first quarter of 2027, which means 42 more stores in a few months. Bengaluru is still its biggest market, but it says it is growing in Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and smaller cities like Nagpur, Mysuru and Coimbatore.

Going global, from Bengaluru

Ultraviolette already sells abroad. Exports, which means bikes sold to other countries, make up around 15% of its volumes, and it sells in about 20 countries, mostly in Europe. The X-47 Venom will be shown in Europe at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, on 3 November.

Next, the company plans to enter the US in 2027 and is also looking at Latin America and Southeast Asia. In September it raised eighty five million dollars in a funding round led by Yali Capital and TDK Ventures, to grow production, build new platforms and expand abroad.

When will it make money?

Building new tech costs a lot, so the company is not yet earning more than it spends. It now aims for EBITDA break-even sometime in 2028. EBITDA is the money a business makes from its daily work, before paying loan interest, tax and the slow wear of machines. Break-even is the point where income just covers costs, like a samosa stall that finally sells enough to pay for its oil, flour and rent.

That target has moved. The company was earlier aiming for 2026. CEO Narayan Subramaniam told ETAuto that it expects to reach operational break-even towards the end of next year.

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Why this matters to young Indians

This launch shows an Indian startup building its own battery, motor and controller, pricing a fast electric bike at Rs 2.65 lakh for early buyers, and planning to take its bikes to Europe and later the US.

Its riders have together covered more than 40 million kilometres on its earlier F77 and X-47 bikes, the company says. The next few months will show whether the new platform can turn that start into the 10,000 bikes a month it is aiming for.

Sources

• The Economic Times: Ultraviolette launches X-47 Venom electric motorcycle at Rs 2.65 lakh
• Autocar India: Ultraviolette X-47 Venom launched from Rs 2.65 lakh
• BusinessLine: Ultraviolette launches X-47 Venom, deliveries in November
• Moneycontrol: Ultraviolette unveils X47 Venom with 343 km range
• Financial Express: Ultraviolette targets 10,000 monthly sales
• ETAuto: Ultraviolette eyes US entry next year, pushes break-even to 2028
• Cover photo: Harley Davidson Livewire at Motorcycle Live 2014, by big-ashb, CC BY 2.0 (cropped, background blurred). It shows a different electric motorcycle, not the X-47 Venom.