Boom Motor Enters India With The Corbett 14 Electric Scooter

Coimbatore-based EV manufacturer Boom Motors has launched its first offering in India, the Corbett 14 electric scooter. 

What’s The Price? Who Are Its Rivals?

The asking prices are Rs 86,999 and Rs 1,19,999 (both ex-showroom) for the standard and EX variants, respectively. However, these are introductory prices and they will go up by Rs 3,000 for the base variant and Rs 5,000 for the EX. Online bookings begin tomorrow for a token of Rs 499. It’ll rival the Rugged G1 and G1 Plus. 

How Many Variants Are There?

The Boom Corbett is available in two variants: Corbett 14 and Corbett 14-EX.

What's New?

Boom has powered the Corbett-14 by a 3kW and the Corbett 14-EX by a 4kW BLDC hub motor. The top speed is limited to 65kmph for the former and 75kmph for the latter. However, the standard variant can only house a single 2.3kWh swappable battery, whereas the EX can accommodate two of those. 

This naturally translates to double the range -- claimed 100kms for the base variant and 200km for the EX. 

The charging time for both variants is between 2.5 and 4 hours (depending on whether you're using the fast charger or the regular one). Boom also offers portable chargers for increased convenience. You get a 5-year warranty on the battery and a 7-year warranty on the double-cradle steel chassis. 

Feature-wise, the e-scooter gets LED illumination, petrol savings tracking, CO2 offset tracking, accident/theft detection, and parental mode for extra safety. The underseat storage is limited to 30 litres. 

The Corbett is suspended on anti-dive 4-point adjustable front springs and rear 4-point adjustable dual units. For braking, you have front and rear discs. 

ZigSays

While the Corbett 14's design is quite quirky, you can't help but remember the Rugged G1 e-scooter by the looks of it. Heck! Not just the styling, but even the stickers are positioned at the same spots!