5-6 Bajaj CNG Bikes In The Works, To Be Launched Under A New CNG Brand

As we know that Bajaj is actively working on the world’s first-ever CNG bike which is set to launch next month. But, the manufacturer is also working on 5-6 CNG bikes that are going to be launched under a new CNG brand (family of motorcycles) in future.

In a recent interview, CEO Rajiv Bajaj mentioned that if the customer response is good, the manufacturer may also launch a new CNG bike every year. He said “… there are 5 or 6 motorcycles of the same platform under development. What we launch in June will be just the first one or two, and then if the response is good, we will again, make it bigger, make it smaller, make it cheaper, make it more expensive…” This statement also hints that the future Bajaj CNG bike will cater to different segments.

Rajiv Bajaj also talked about the brand's first CNG bike which is going to launch on June 18, 2024. He mentioned “We are almost production ready with the first CNG motorcycle in the world that halves the running cost as compared to its petrol bike.” Rajiv Bajaj also mentioned that Bajaj will start manufacturing with a capacity of 20,000 bikes a month, which means Bajaj aims to gauge customer response with the first CNG bike and will start the manufacturing on a smaller scale.

Currently, Bajaj is getting mixed reactions on its upcoming CNG bike. Rajiv said that “...it is a new animal so to speak, that we have a very polarised response. On the one hand, there are people who can't wait for this motorcycle because it offers you half the running costs… But some also question how it is possible in terms of the weight, the balance, the safety of a cylinder being somewhere there on the two-wheeler…”

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But we shouldn’t forget that the manufacturer already has expertise in manufacturing CNG three-wheelers that the manufacturer is going to utilize fully. And if there’s one OEM we trust with CNG two-wheelers, it has to be Bajaj, given its 88 percent market share in the CNG 3-wheeler market.