Weekly News Wrapup: Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 Spied, Yamaha EV Plans Reveal, And More!

This week has been action-packed with several important developments and new launches, here’s a recap

March ended with a bang with several important developments happening throughout the last week. We witnessed new launches, some worrying incidents, and more. Take a look at the top five headline grabbers:

Exclusive: Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 spied

The Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 has been spotted testing for the first time. True to the earlier reports, it does pack a modern liquid-cooled engine, a first for the company. You can read what else it gets in our detailed analysis here.

Electric scooters catching fire

An Ola S1 Pro caught fire in the outskirts of Pune, raising safety concerns regarding its battery pack. Here’s what happened. It wasn’t just an isolated incident as another electric scooter, Pure EV EPluto 7G went up in flames earlier this week. We reached out to the company and here’s what they had to say.

Exclusive: Yamaha EV roadmap reveal this month?

For Representation

Yamaha will organise a dealer event on April 11, and according to our source, the Japanese bikemaker might discuss its EV roadmap at the event. Here are the details in our exclusive report.

Hero Destini 125 Xtec launched

The more feature-packed Hero Destini 125 Xtec variant was launched earlier this week. It features a sleek looking LED headlight, bluetooth connectivity and a couple of other tricks up its sleeve, making it a more wholesome scooter than before. Here are the pricing and other details.

Triumph Tiger Sport 660 Launched

Triumph launched its most affordable ADV-styled sports tourer, the Tiger Sport 660 in the country. It gets several touring-focussed updates over the Trident 660. However, despite being introductory, the asking price is pretty high.