In a market where the loudest electric two-wheeler names grab all the headlines, a Mumbai startup has quietly crossed a line only a handful of Indian EV makers have ever reached. Between its market entry in August 2022 and 9 November 2026, BGauss delivered 1,00,595 electric scooters — and 41,849 of them, more than two in every five, went out the door in 2026 alone. The company says 2026 is already its best year ever, with sales up 104 percent on the same period last year. Leading the charge is its new flagship, the C12 MaxR, a 178-km-range family scooter that has become the sharpest expression yet of what this once-quiet brand can build.
The flagship carrying the milestone
Launched on 10 September 2026, the C12 MaxR is the most capable scooter BGauss has made. At its heart is a 3.8 kWh LFP battery, IP67-rated and housed in an aluminium enclosure the company designed for heat dissipation and thermal management, feeding the company’s HyperZen in-wheel motor platform. The combination delivers 4.2 kW of peak power, a top speed of more than 75 kmph, and an IDC-certified range of 178 km on a single charge — the longest the brand has offered. Three ride modes let riders trade punch for range, and the company says the scooter carries more than 20 battery safety features, including roll-over detection, a health check for the vehicle, and side-stand and main-stand sensors.
The BGauss C12 MaxR in Terra Green with Champagne Gold. (Image: BGauss)
Practicality is the other half of the pitch. The C12 MaxR is built around the company’s LifeEasy storage concept, with room for two helmets under the seat, and it rides on BGauss’s modular WSA platform, designed to accommodate different batteries, motors and wheel sizes and underpin future products. It comes in four colours — Sparkling Wine with Champagne Gold, Terra Green with Champagne Gold, Pearl White and Satin Black — and is priced at ₹1.60 lakh (ex-showroom), with an introductory price of ₹1,45,990. The company backs the battery and motor with a three-year warranty.
Built in Chakan, backed by an industrial giant
BGauss is the electric two-wheeler venture of RR Global, the electrical conglomerate founded in 1986, and it was founded in 2020 by Hemant Kabra. Its scooters are manufactured at the company’s plant in Chakan, near Pune — one of India’s great automotive hubs — in a 69,000 sq ft facility that was producing around 7,000 scooters a month on a single shift in early 2025. The supply chain is deliberately local: of the roughly 550 components that go into a BGauss scooter, most come from suppliers within a 100-kilometre radius of the plant, and the company says its Tier-1 supplier base has grown to around 150 from roughly 50 in its early years, with multiple suppliers now qualified for individual components.
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The BGauss C12 MaxR out on a night ride. (Image: BGauss)
That manufacturing depth is what lets a brand of BGauss’s size punch above its weight. The plant’s annual capacity stands at one lakh units, and the company has previously announced plans to invest around ₹40 crore to double it to two lakh units a year. The current four-model line-up — the RUV 350, the Oowah, the C12 Max and the C12 MaxR — is entirely designed around Indian roads, with sturdy build quality, advanced suspension and high ground clearance for uneven surfaces.
A breakout year — and a bigger target
The numbers tell the story of a brand hitting its stride. BGauss ended 2025 as India’s seventh-highest-selling electric two-wheeler brand, and it has stayed in the top 10 in every month of 2026, selling more than 5,000 scooters a month for four straight months from July to October and peaking at 5,560 in July. Its retail network now spans 252 showrooms across 209 cities. With the C12 MaxR leading the range, Kabra has set the next target: close to 50,000 units by the end of FY27, and a place in India’s top-five electric two-wheeler club. For a company that entered the market just four years ago, one lakh scooters already looks like the beginning of the story, not the end of it.
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