A company made up of 24 engineers, funded by founders of Ola, is getting ready to launch the country's first electric motorcycle. Pune-based Tork Motorcycle will launch the T6X, a battery-powered motorcycle with a range of 100 kms, as claimed by the promoters, in the next two months.

While no less than 12 companies have launched electric scooters, bicycles and cars in India so far no company ventured to build and commercially launch electric motorcycle. Kapil Shelke, Director, Tork Motorcycles said, "This is a ground up new bike developed by us which uses proprietary ...