Hero’s Electric Scooter Compared With The Yamaha Neo’s

The Optima has a rich features list and comes loaded with cruise control, USB charging port, reverse mode, walk assist mode along with a digital instrument cluster, LED headlamps and an anti-theft alarm with a remote key. The Neo’s on the other hand gets a smart key and an LCD instrument cluster with smartphone compatibility allowing you to access things like vehicle battery status, route tracking and viewing the calls and messages. That said, for its asking price, the Neo’s should come with a more features such as TFT instrumentation, fast charging, etc.

Price & Verdict

(all prices ex-showroom Delhi) 

This is where the Hero Optima CX blows the Yamaha Neo’s away with its value-for-money proposition. The Optima not only has a much bigger range, but a price tag of Rs 77,490 for its top-end variant makes the Yamaha’s Rs 2,50,000 (expected) tag look unnecessarily expensive. Even if Yamaha manages to price it competitively, we doubt it could match the Optima. The Euro-spec Neo’s doesn’t have room in our competitive EV market. So it would be a better option for Yamaha to bring in an India-specific model to match up against our pre-existing EVs.