Patanjali, blessed with Ayurvedic fame, has carved an ultra-cheap, must-have electric scooter that promises 450 kilometers for the cost of a fancy pair of shoes! Price tag: a jaw-dropping ₹15,000. Super! Grab the money and line up, right? Hold on a sec before the scooter-shaped dream dented the Dharma-cycles of hip collagers on WhatsApp.
The Digital Reveal’s Very Offline “Oops”!
Sorry to pop the tire of that wild ride, but the scooter without the wheels is imaginary. The glamorous gig of Baba Ramdev allegedly zip-zooming aboard the “Patangali-450km” is pure AI. Yep, a slick “generative-art” job playing viral tag. Dive into the pixels and you’ll spot the blurry gremlins that crop up around his sandal and the granola-plain body on closer zoom, the missed hands with realistic wrinkles, and the suspicious tacos of light that lamp the scooter frame.
The real P. Ramdev and scooter magic patrol yet to beam. Check the Patanjali HQ bytes—their site and verified posts cough up exactly zero notices, no streamer, no press files, pretty much “patanjali i-need-a-sundaid-tech” hype that basic HR departments churn out.
The Speccy ‘Bad, data-poor, but good for clicks’ wishlist!
Step into the nerdy alley: 450km real, sweet, healthy lak_game sans 15 grand? The scooter-legend’s spec sheet combusts into mist. The entire Indian EV showcase, from the plain 350 tier to the fancy “Up 2163” tier (which D-ovens in real world “real action” range, by the way), is hefting juicy packs that tip, and that’s without the Paltan semantics around marketing and subsidy.
Patanjali’s sprite, oops, on-sold soap-saver sketch is stuffed with data writer’s wet dreams and twitter churn noise. Want real ride? Strap your heart and wallet, and go meet practical EV in an actual dealer, not the aisle with toothpaste and (smuggled) juice of chaos.
The hyped claim of a 450 km range for this electric scooter outstrips what India’s best premium e-scooters can achieve. To put that in perspective, the Simple One, the current champion for claimed range, topped 248 km on paper—but even that figure hasn’t been double-checked in real-world riding.
A sticker price of ₹15,000, or ₹14,000 for some versions of the joke, doesn’t add up. That cost is lower than the average mid-range smartphone, yet batteries strong enough to power a scooter for hours simply can’t be made for such a tiny margin today.
How Misinformation Spreads
The viral fake is a textbook example of how fast untruths can fly online. With India buzzing over electric mobility, Patanjali’s track record of rolling out desi versions of everything, and slick, fake AI images, the recipe for the wildfire was flawless.
In less than a week, the made-up tale exploded into WhatsApp chats, Facebook comment threads, and even ‘news’ sites. A few folks even showed up at Patanjali shops asking to place deposits, a reminder of how convincing the fiction can feel.
The Actual State of India’s EV Market!
India’s electric two-wheeler scene is scaling up at pace, but overall share is still shy of 10 percent.
The fast-moving world of electric rideables is drawing the usual mix of small wonder-teams and big-shoe brands that want to ride the green-wave goodies. In India, the current crop of e-scooters rolls between 80 and 250 kilometers on a single juice-up, kicks off around ₹70,000 for the no-frills version, and climbs past ₹1 lakh for the fancy rides, stacked with gadgets and extra kilometers.