Bajaj Launches Chetak 3201 Special Edition, To Sell Only on Amazon

Bajaj Auto, one of the big automobile companies, has launched 3201 special edition of electric scooter Chetak. Its price is Rs 1.29 lakh (ex-showroom, Bengaluru). It will be sold this month only on e-commerce site Amazon. Some upgrades have been made to it.

The company said that this is the first such collaboration between an electric vehicle company and Amazon. In this, customers will be able to buy electric scooters online and the paper work for this will be done at the company’s dealership. Recently Bajaj Auto had announced a tie-up with Flipkart for online sales of its motorcycles. Eric Vas, President, Urbanite, said, “We are pleased to expand our partnership with Amazon. The strong metal frame of the electric Chetak brings customers the confidence and durability they have come to expect from Bajaj Auto.”

Quilted seats have been provided in the new Chetak 3201 Special Edition. Its top-end variant has Brooklyn Black paint. Its ARAI certified range is 136 kilometers on a single charge. It can reach a top speed of 73 kmph. It has features like Bluetooth connectivity, color TFT instrument console and auto hazard light through Chetak app. The company has informed that the Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme (EMPS) has been approved by the Ministry of Heavy Industries of the Central Government for Chetak Premium, Chetak Urbane (3202) and the new Chetak 3201 Special Edition.

Last month, Bajaj Auto launched the first CNG motorcycle Freedom 125. This motorcycle runs on petrol but it can be switched to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at the press of a button. The price of the base variant Drum of this motorcycle starts from around Rs 95,000. The range of Freedom 125 is about 330 kilometers. It has a two kilogram CNG tank and a two liter petrol tank. Its CNG tank is under the seat. It will be available in three variants of Drum, Drum LED and Disc LED and seven dual-tone colors. The price of its top variant is around Rs 1.10 lakh (ex-showroom). This year the company also plans to introduce 400 cc single cylinder Pulsar.