With so many brands in the market and showrooms growing like mushrooms, one can easily figure that electric scooters are becoming Nepali folks' favourite commute vehicles, especially in the Kathmandu Valley. Now, a familiar name has also decided to step into the category — It's Yatri Motorcycles! We will discuss all that we know of Yatri Scooter in this article.

Yatri Scooter Overview

It will be called “Yatri P2”

The prices of electric bikes including Yatri itself go way above what a general Nepali is willing to pay for their commute. However, one can get a decent electric scooter under the NPR 200,000 mark, which is much more affordable. This is why electric scooters are so popular and are increasing in popularity in Nepal. Yatri always knew that, and already planned for it. If you go through the company's vision there is also a hint of what Yatri is doing right now. They acknowledge that P0 and even P1 are not well-suited for the mass market. But it has been a learning curve to build a vehicle for the mass market — Yatri P2!

Made with AI Given the popularity of electric scooters in Nepal, it seemed like P2 would be one as well. Various sources were already claiming that Yatri P2 would be a scooter years before this announcement. Therefore, it should be called — Yatri P2, unless the company decides to throw a curve ball at us.

Involve the riders

Yatri Motorcycles posted on their social media inviting experienced riders for lunch. With this session, the company intended to get valuable insight on what to implement on its upcoming scooter. Users could register themselves into the focus group after which the Yatri team will organise a group meet. Then the riders could express what they think is important in a scooter and share the best feature they like about their current ride too. Well, Yatri talked with users and got the data they were looking for. It is currently unclear if the company will hold another such session.

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More Data, Most Comfort

After the session, Yatri's team went straight to work. They aim to build a scooter that is comfortable for everyone — or in other words — the most comfortable scooter. They have put together a model rig that the public can try out at their R&D centre. This will help Yatri collect ergonomics data and tailor a baseline scooter geometry.

What else to expect?

Since it's Yatri, the design of their upcoming scooter will surely be eye-catching. Other than that, the good amount of range will surely be another thing to expect. While Yatri P1 offers a pretty decent range of over 100 kilometres, some other offerings claim to offer nearly double the range. So, Yatri will have to step up the range game with their scooter. What else? Pricing, of course. The affordability has always been a major critique of Yatri bikes, so we are expecting a large part of the discussion to be centred around the pricing. Being a Nepali company, there is even more pressure on Yatri to have a lower price tag than the foreign competition. Hence, we are hoping for a really competitive pricing for the Yatri scooter.

Yatri Scooter Launch and Availability

We would be getting too ahead of ourselves trying to guess when Yatri is launching their upcoming scooter, as it's just in its initial discussion phase. Hence, it will likely take a few years before we start seeing them running on Nepali roads.

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