[Omkar]

Big shoutout to libranof1987 for shooting these pictures & his coverage of the Bharat Mobility Global Expo. Thanks for sharing, man!

Eka Mobility is a pure electric commercial vehicle brand and has a wide range of vehicles from 3-wheelers to 15-meter-long buses. Here’s one of their buses called the Coach:


Bunch of LED lights up front with halogen fog lamps:


The Coach is focused on comfort long-distance travel. The claimed range is 300 km:


These seats look very plush and have plenty of adjustment as well:


Here’s a look at the technical specifications of the Coach:


The Eka LF is meant for specialized environments like airports:


There are various seating configurations ranging from driver + 27 to driver + 33:


A look at the spec sheet:


This is the Eka 12m bus with a claimed range of 250 km:


A look at the driver’s controls:


The maximum seating capacity is D + 54 (3 X 2):


Here’s a look at the spec sheet:


The 7T is designed for mid-range logistics and makes 268 BHP:


It has a payload capacity of 3,500 kg:


Here’s the spec sheet:


This is Eka 2.5T which is meant for urban logistics. It has an 80 BHP motor and a payload capacity of 1,500 kg:


Spec sheet:


The last one at the Eka stall was this light 3-wheeler rickshaw with a claimed range of 160 km:


The driver gets a digital speedometer:


Here’s a look at some of the specifications:

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Are these clean sheet designs with Eka the OEM or are they rebadged products from another OEM?

I'm not as well versed with the Indian CV segment but I always took it as being a bit like the PV segment with a dominant entrenched local player (Tata CVs vs Maruti Suzuki PVs) and a small handful of larger players such as Ashok Leyland and Eicher, with lesser players like Mahindra (I guess they're more biased towards the smaller CV side). Is there room for brands like Eka? How many others have threatened to enter and stuck around rather than fizzling out?

[FlankerFury]

Originally Posted by ads11

Are these clean sheet designs with Eka the OEM or are they rebadged products from another OEM?

Don't know about the buses, but the trucks are rebadged Mahindra's.

This one at the back,

that's a Blazo.


The 7 tonner is a Furio.

The 2.5 tonner must be a Jeeto or Supro.

The rickshaw could be a clean sheet design since those are far simpler to design than commercial trucks. It could very well be a rebadged Mahindra Treo e-rickshaw though.


Look at this cool photo of one. Arai helmet, Alpinestar's riding jacket, trousers and boots on that guy.

Also note how Mahindra's naming convention of, end it with an "O", carries over to their CV division as well. I just realised that.
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Credit where it's due, EKA Mobility is among the few, if not the only one, producing electric trucks.

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Excellent sleuthing! I thought the lamp array looked similar but had just parked it at the back of my mind seeing as there's only so many ways to skin a cat, in this case, the front of a slab sided CV.

That being said I've very rarely clocked any of the Mahindra CVs you've linked above.

I do find the dynamic auto driver image with the full riding gear pretty amusing but not senseless though. If anyone does rag a three wheeler like so, you'd hope you're cladded in full leathers and helmet for when physics strikes back.

[MotoDrive]

And there is one based on Maruti Eeco as well! And why they have to do it, any idea on this? or its just a technology demonstration vehicle?

[abhi1728]

Eka has a partnership with Mahindra and Mahindra for the Truck Components. Not completely rebadged products
https://auto.economictimes.indiatime...2025/117200683

[silversteed]

Originally Posted by Omkar

The Coach is focused on comfort long-distance travel. ...

The interiors show what options can a customer choose - from top of the line first class to regular semi-sleeper configuration or a combination. The interiors are built by their group company, Pinnacle.

Originally Posted by Omkar

The Eka LF is meant for specialized environments like airports

Eka LF is a city bus with low floor. It can be used in airports, but not actually confined to any specialised environment. It is in fact a VDL Citea with the electric powertrain from Eka.