It has been nearly 15 months since Ultraviolette launched its Tesseract electric scooter with the promise that deliveries would begin by Q1 2026. That deadline was subsequently pushed to Q2 2026 and the company has now revealed that the scooter will arrive by Q1 2027. While this will surely come as frustrating news for tens of thousands of customers who hold bookings, there is a rather bright silver lining
- Launch in Q1 2027
- Scooter will get massive underpinnings upgrade
Ultraviolette Tesseract electric scooter delay
The company faced significant technical difficulties
Ultraviolette tells us that the delays are due to the fact that its engineers ran into technical difficulties. The original plan was to use the tried and tested powertrain platform from the F77 and X-47, but the company realised that there were significant packaging restrictions with a scooter form factor. Due to space and thermal constraints, the company faced the choice of either making a big reduction in the promised 30-litre boot space, or reducing the 15kW figure that was quoted at the launch down to 10kW.
As they have done in the past, UV did not want to make a compromise and chose to go back to the drawing board. The result was designing a completely new high-voltage architecture, which meant having to start from scratch with critical components like the motor controller, BMS, vehicle control unit and more. An endeavour like this takes time and that’s what leads us to the current situation.
Ultraviolette Tesseract electric scooter high voltage benefits
There will be plenty of improvements for eventual customers
Moving to a higher voltage architecture (UV’s current EV bikes are below 50 volts) brings multiple benefits. These include the use of more compact and light components and being able to offer higher power more consistently. Most significant to customers will be that this new vehicle architecture will enable faster charging, although the company hasn’t yet revealed the exact details on this.
UV promises a top speed of 125kph and they showed us videos of the Tesseract comprehensively beating every single locally manufactured scooter (petrol and electric) in a drag race. The Tesseract was even able to do the same thing with a pillion rider on board as well and it also beat multiple 150-200cc bikes in a separate race. This appears like it will comfortably be the highest performing Indian scooter, but we’ll wait until we can verify that ourselves with the production version.
Ultraviolette Tesseract improved practicality and comfort
The Tesseract gets small changes for added ease of use
The company conducted multiple clinics after the 2025 launch and made a few changes based on customer feedback. These include revisions to make the floorboard more spacious and the seat more comfortable for both rider and pillion. The handlebar placement has also been tweaked to work in unison with the other changes. It appears that the windscreen sits in a higher, more functional place as well. While the handsome design is largely the same, some body panels have been tweaked to make this change.
Ultraviolette says that the bike is currently in the testing and validation phase, and that deliveries should begin by Q1 2027, perhaps by Jan itself. Prices for all the bookings that have already been made will remain unchanged and the scooter will offer the same 3.5kWh, 5kWh and 6kWh battery pack sizes. Dual-channel ABS and traction control will be standard and some variants will also get the convenient on-board charger that debuted in the X-47.
Ultraviolette Tesseract and Shockwave deliveries
The company says that more details on the Shockwave will be shared soon
Ultraviolette’s commitment to offering its customers the best possible experience is commendable, but it comes at the expense of further upsetting the (over 70,000) people who currently hold bookings. However, those that do find the additional patience are likely to be rewarded with an even better product than what was first promised.
As for the Shockwave motorcycle, it is also delayed, but the company says that it will share more details on that product in the coming weeks.
