TVS X Expert Review
- Electric
- Scooter
- 2 Seater
What's good
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Handling and cornering composure well ahead of anything else this size
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One of the biggest, richest touchscreen and connectivity suite on an Indian electric scooter
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Styling and an exposed frame makes it standout instantly
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Strong low- and mid-range acceleration that outguns most petrol 110s off the line
What's not so good
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Underseat storage too small for genuine daily practicality
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Costs considerably more than any other electric scooter sold in India
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Single-channel ABS despite the segment-topping price
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Real-world range trails cheaper rivals even though the certified figure reads well
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Thin colour and variant choice, with service reach still narrower than TVS’s mainstream models
The TVS X is the brand’s flagship electric scooter, designed to offer a premium and high-performance experience. Built on the advanced Xleton aluminium twin-spar platform, it emphasises strong performance, agile handling, and a sporty riding experience. The scooter features a futuristic design, a powerful motor, and a large touchscreen with connected features. As of March 2026, it is one of the most advanced and expensive electric scooters in India, targeting enthusiasts who seek both performance and cutting-edge technology.
What's good
-
Handling and cornering composure well ahead of anything else this size
-
One of the biggest, richest touchscreen and connectivity suite on an Indian electric scooter
-
Styling and an exposed frame makes it standout instantly
-
Strong low- and mid-range acceleration that outguns most petrol 110s off the line
What's not so good
-
Underseat storage too small for genuine daily practicality
-
Costs considerably more than any other electric scooter sold in India
-
Single-channel ABS despite the segment-topping price
-
Real-world range trails cheaper rivals even though the certified figure reads well
-
Thin colour and variant choice, with service reach still narrower than TVS’s mainstream models
The TVS X is the brand’s flagship electric scooter, designed to offer a premium and high-performance experience. Built on the advanced Xleton aluminium twin-spar platform, it emphasises strong performance, agile handling, and a sporty riding experience. The scooter features a futuristic design, a powerful motor, and a large touchscreen with connected features. As of March 2026, it is one of the most advanced and expensive electric scooters in India, targeting enthusiasts who seek both performance and cutting-edge technology.
TVS X Expert Review
SEV Score
Prashanth Jagadeesh
Tested and reviewed by SEV Experts on 8 parameters
SEV Score
Prashanth Jagadeesh
Tested and reviewed by SEV Experts on 8 parameters
Expert Verdict
Roughly Rs 3 lakh on-road is an unusual figure to see attached to a scooter, but TVS built the X specifically to make that number feel earned rather than absurd. It rides more like a small motorcycle wearing scooter bodywork, and if you get past its cramped underseat box and a real-world range that trails the price tag, what’s left is arguably the most entertaining two-wheeler TVS has ever put its badge on.
TVS X Design
Exterior
The X doesn’t resemble anything else TVS sells, and that’s the point. Where the iQube plays it safe with soft, conventional scooter panels, the X exposes its aluminium twin-spar chassis down both flanks, drapes a stepped two-tier seat over it, and finishes the rear with a single-sided swingarm that wouldn’t look out of place on a mid-capacity motorcycle. TVS pitches it as a crossover between scooter and motorcycle. Up front, a stacked LED headlamp sits low and vertical, flanked by lean-sensitive cornering lamps that light up as you tip into a bend.
Not every angle lands equally well. The tail section and switchgear cube give away the family resemblance to the humbler Ntorq. And the colour palette is thin: mostly a shouty red with grey and blue accents.
Build Quality & Fit and Finish
Being a halo product, the panel fit feels noticeably tighter than TVS’s petrol-powered lineup, and the exposed metal sections do a lot of work for the perceived quality, more so than plastic cladding ever could. Paint depth on the shrouds and tail is good for the class.
TVS X Features
Swing a leg over, and the first thing that grabs your attention is the 10.2-inch tiltable TFT panel, which TVS markets as one of the largest screens on any Indian scooter. It runs on the SmartXonnect software stack, with customisable home screens, a handful of onboard games for red-light boredom, and turn-by-turn navigation that flags charging points along your route. Onboard voice assistant support with Alexa integration and over-the-air software updates are part of the package as well. Reach-adjustable brake levers are a first in the segment as well. Depth is where it gets fiddly. Menus run several layers deep, so something as simple as switching ride modes or toggling cruise control occasionally needs more taps than it should.
Three switchable ride modes, Xtealth for commuting, Xtride as the middle setting, and Xonic to unlock everything the motor has, sit alongside five-stage selectable regenerative braking, cruise control, Smart Hill Hold to stop rollback on inclines, and keyless operation bundled under TVS’s Smart Shield umbrella along with fall detection, theft alerts, and remote SOS. Throw in a tyre pressure monitor as well, and on paper the X’s spec sheet holds up quite well, keeping the price in consideration.
TVS X Performance & Range
Under the seat sits a 4.44 kWh lithium-ion pack feeding a ram-air-cooled permanent magnet motor mounted low and mid-chassis, rated at a continuous 7 kW and a peak of 11.7 kW. TVS claims 0 to 40 kmph in 2.6 seconds, 0 to 60 kmph in around 4.5 seconds, and a top speed of 110 kmph, and from the saddle those numbers feel believable, at least up to a point. Roll on hard from a standstill, and the X pulls with an urgency that catches commuters on 110cc petrol scooters off guard, right up to about 80 kmph, past which the single motor visibly runs out of breath on the way to its claimed top end.
Range is where the TVS X Electric’s price tag starts feeling unjustified. The certified IDC figure is quoted at 159 km, but TVS’s own published real-world estimate, based on a solo rider of average weight riding in standard condition, lands at 118 km, give or take 5 km. Push into Xonic mode regularly and expect that figure to drop further, into the region of 80-something kilometres. None of this is poor by scooter standards on its own. It’s the price context that stings, since many rivals costing way less post better real-world numbers. But range-maxing isn’t what the TVS X is designed for, and that becomes clear when you understand the handling intentions behind this.
TVS X Ride & Handling
This is where the X earns its price tag back. TVS gave it a wheelbase close to 1.3 metres, paired with a telescopic fork up front and a single-sided swingarm with an offset monoshock at the rear, a layout borrowed more from motorcycle practice than typical scooter convention. The suspension tune leans towards the firmer side, and you feel all the small imperfections you’d never register on a Jupiter or an Activa. That stiffness pays you back the instant the road bends. Commit hard into a corner and the X holds its line with a poise most 12-inch-wheeled scooters simply don’t have, soaking up mid-corner bumps without getting unsettled even if you’ve come in slightly hotter than planned.
Around town, the weight that makes low-speed manoeuvring feel like a small chore disappears entirely once you’re rolling, and steering is light enough for filtering through slow traffic without effort. With this exciting performance, you need good brakes to shed speed effortlessly. So, the X runs a 220 mm front disc and a smaller 195 mm rear disc, both with enough bite and feel to make you feel confident. While it has an ABS, it is a single-channel system, meaning the rear can still lock under hard, panicked braking. At this price, I’d have liked dual-channel ABS as standard. Ground clearance of 175 mm shrugs off speed breakers and broken tarmac with more than enough room to spare.
TVS X Safety
The X does reasonably well on safety equipment: disc brakes at both ends, front-wheel ABS, sequential LED indicators and cornering lamps for visibility, and a battery pack TVS says carries dust and water resistance certification suited to Indian conditions.
The Smart Shield suite adds fall detection that can alert an emergency contact, theft and tamper alerts, auto-locking, and an SOS trigger accessible from the app or the vehicle itself. The one gap at this price is that second ABS channel on the rear wheel, which would have made the braking package feel complete.
TVS X Space & Comfort
Storage
Here’s the X’s biggest compromise. Underseat storage measures around 19 litres, tight even by scooter standards and noticeably behind what TVS’s own Jupiter or Ntorq manage, let alone rival electric scooters twice its capacity. A full-face helmet barely fits. There’s no front apron hook and no floor-level storage well either, because the space where a conventional scooter’s floorboard would sit is instead occupied by the battery pack and motor. Grocery runs, the extra bag you’d normally sling over the apron hook, or the ones you carry on the floorboard – all of it becomes noticeably harder here than on a mainstream family scooter, which costs a fraction of the price. But, I think it is more of a lifestyle vehicle that you take out when you want to actually enjoy the ride or commute, rather than using for utility purposes.
Seat Height, Legroom & Pillion Space
Ergonomics is where the X redeems itself somewhat. Seat height sits at 770mm, low enough that riders across a wide range of heights can flat-foot at a stop without straining, and the reach to bars and footpegs suits both taller and shorter frames without obvious compromise. Legroom is generous for how compact the scooter looks, and the two-piece seat keeps the rider and pillion reasonably separated and supported over longer stints.
TVS X Charging & Warranty
TVS now bundles a 950W portable charger into the ex-showroom price, a change from launch, when it was billed separately. That unit takes the X to roughly 80 per cent in somewhere between three and a half hours. Buyers wanting a quicker top-up can pay extra for TVS’s optional 3kW Smart X Home charger, which claims 0 to 50 per cent in under an hour, though that box adds roughly Rs 26,000 on top of the vehicle price.
The warranty runs for 3 years, covering the vehicle and battery together, alongside a year of roadside assistance and a year of the advanced connectivity subscription. TVS hasn’t extended the kind of long-dated, battery-specific cover some rivals now advertise stretching past five years to the X specifically.
TVS X Service & Network
On paper, this should be one of X’s strongest arguments. TVS runs one of the largest two-wheeler dealer and service networks in the country, dwarfing what dedicated EV brands have managed to build even after several years of trying. That counts for a lot of peace of mind, at least going by the numbers.
Two caveats are worth flagging before you assume that reputation transfers automatically. First, the X runs on TVS’s own in-house electric powertrain rather than the Bosch-sourced setup in the iQube, making it the company’s first ground-up EV drivetrain, so technicians across the network are still building familiarity with it- the same growing pain every manufacturer works through with an all-new electric platform. Second, retail rollout of the X itself has been phased through fewer cities than TVS’s mainstream scooters, so confirm with a local dealer that service and spares actually exist near you rather than assuming otherwise.
Who should buy this?
If you’re shopping mainly to cut fuel costs and haul groceries, the X solves neither job particularly well, and cheaper electric scooters do both better. But if you want the sportiest, most technologically loaded two-wheeler TVS has ever built, and you’re willing to pay a clear premium for handling and presence over outright range or storage, the X is arguably the most interesting scooter money can buy in India today.
What's good
-
Handling and cornering composure well ahead of anything else this size
-
One of the biggest, richest touchscreen and connectivity suite on an Indian electric scooter
-
Styling and an exposed frame makes it standout instantly
-
Strong low- and mid-range acceleration that outguns most petrol 110s off the line
What's not so good
-
Underseat storage too small for genuine daily practicality
-
Costs considerably more than any other electric scooter sold in India
-
Single-channel ABS despite the segment-topping price
-
Real-world range trails cheaper rivals even though the certified figure reads well
-
Thin colour and variant choice, with service reach still narrower than TVS’s mainstream models
TVS X Price
What's good
-
Handling and cornering composure well ahead of anything else this size
-
One of the biggest, richest touchscreen and connectivity suite on an Indian electric scooter
-
Styling and an exposed frame makes it standout instantly
-
Strong low- and mid-range acceleration that outguns most petrol 110s off the line
What's not so good
-
Underseat storage too small for genuine daily practicality
-
Costs considerably more than any other electric scooter sold in India
-
Single-channel ABS despite the segment-topping price
-
Real-world range trails cheaper rivals even though the certified figure reads well
-
Thin colour and variant choice, with service reach still narrower than TVS’s mainstream models
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