India’s last mile runs on three wheels. Every morning, millions of small deliveries fan out from warehouses, markets and kirana stores on machines that must be cheap to run, easy to fix and tough enough for Indian roads. On 22 October 2026, Delhi-based Youdha launched the ePod G, an electric cargo three-wheeler built squarely for that world — a claimed 170 to 180 kilometres on a single charge, and a 545 kg payload for the businesses that live on daily deliveries.
The ePod G takes Youdha from carrying people to carrying goods. It is the cargo sibling of the company’s passenger ePod, extending the same platform into last-mile logistics, e-commerce deliveries and retail distribution — the segment where an electric three-wheeler’s low running cost matters most.
From passengers to parcels
Youdha is the electric commercial mobility brand of Zuperia Auto Pvt. Ltd., born from the Lohia Auto legacy under Lohia Global. The name comes from the Sanskrit word yodha, meaning warrior — a nod, the company says, to the drivers and small entrepreneurs who power India’s everyday commerce.
The passenger ePod laid the groundwork. The company says it built its 1,000th ePod in October 2026, and it manufactures the vehicles at its Kashipur plant in Uttarakhand, which the company says has an installed annual capacity of one lakh units, with automated assembly lines and end-of-line testing. The company lists more than 100 dealers across more than 40 cities on its website, and says it plans to expand further into southern India.
The ePod G builds directly on that foundation. As Youdha CEO Ayush Lohia put it at the launch, the company’s ambition is to build ePod into a trusted name across passenger and goods transportation, and the positive response to the passenger vehicle gives it a strong base to extend the range into cargo.
The numbers that matter
The ePod G is powered by an 11.8 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery paired with a 6 kW three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor. The company claims a range of 170 to 180 km on a single charge under standard test conditions, with a full charge taking four to five hours — an overnight charge for a full day of deliveries.
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The vehicle carries a payload of 545 kg at a gross vehicle weight of 1,000 kg, with a top speed below 50 kmph under standard test conditions and 22 per cent gradeability for climbing flyovers and steep streets fully loaded. For a delivery operator, those are the numbers that decide whether a route gets finished before the battery runs out.
Built for the delivery day
The ePod G is offered with a half-deck body alongside four closed-box configurations, so the same platform can serve an open-load market run, a boxed e-commerce route or a retail distribution round. It is built on a monocoque chassis, with hydraulic brakes, heavy-duty steel rims and 120/80-R12, 8PR tyres, plus LED headlights and a seven-inch digital LED instrument cluster with Smart CAN connectivity that keeps vehicle information in front of the driver.
That focus on the working day is the whole point of the machine. Electric three-wheelers are among India’s fastest-growing vehicle categories, and for owner-operators and small fleets, the switch to electric turns fuel from a daily expense into a rounding error. With the ePod G, Youdha is betting that the same drivers who embraced its passenger three-wheeler will now trust the platform with their livelihoods on the goods side too.
“With ePod G, we aim to address the needs of businesses and individual operators involved in last-mile deliveries while continuing to strengthen Youdha’s product portfolio and market presence,” Lohia said at the launch.
From a passenger auto to a cargo workhorse in a single year of manufacturing, Youdha’s ePod range is growing into exactly what its name promises — a workhorse for the warriors of India’s last mile.
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