Exclusive: Honda Activa E Gets Cheaper Battery Swap Subscription Plan

Based on feedback received from potential customers and media, Honda’s battery swap arm has extended a new, more affordable subscription plan for the Activa E electric scooter. Named ‘Lite’, this new plan from Honda Power Pack Energy India essentially cuts the minimum subscription fee by more than 50 per cent compared to the ‘Basic’ plan offered previously. This will spell a reduction in monthly ownership and running costs, but it comes at the price of a smaller energy quota and fewer battery swaps. 

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Activa E is priced between Rs 1.17 lakh to Rs 1.52 lakh (ex-showroom).

The fee to be paid under the Lite plan is Rs 678 per month. Once GST is factored in, the total amount to be paid every month rises to Rs 800, which is less than half of the Basic plan fee (Rs 1,999 + GST). However, the energy quota drops from the Basic plan’s 35 kWh to just 20 kWh under the Lite plan. This new plan, carandbike has learned, affords customers a daily running of 20 kilometres, or a monthly total of 600 kilometres of use – half of the 40 kilometres of daily use permitted under the Basic plan.  

The Lite plan comes with another rider – in case the user exceeds the energy quota of 20 kWh in a month, they will have to pay twice as much per battery swap over the Basic plan. The fee per battery swap for Lite users will be Rs 70 (excluding GST), compared to the Rs 35 fee paid by Basic plan subscribers. A back-of-the-envelope calculation – based on the 3 kWh combined capacity of the Activa E’s twin battery packs – reveals Lite users will be able to complete six full battery swaps before they need to start paying per swap each month.

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Activa E employs two battery packs with a combined energy capacity of 3 kWh.

Activa E rollout delayed in Delhi, Mumbai as swap network grows

Honda Power Pack Energy India is spreading the battery swap network across the three cities the Activa E will eventually be available in – Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai. However, the swap network is currently operational only in Bengaluru, with close to 150 stations already up and running. Without a working swap network, the company cannot start selling the Activa E, which is why deliveries of the Activa E are yet to begin in Mumbai and Delhi.

Honda is currently readying its swap network in these cities, with battery swap stations already set up in a number of locations. While deliveries in Delhi are expected to begin soon, carandbike has learned from sources the Mumbai rollout is still a few weeks away.

Sales of the Activa E and the fixed-battery Honda QC1 remain sluggish. The company has only been able to sell 1,053 electric scooters so far in 2025, as per the latest VAHAN registration data. The QC1 is the only Honda electric scooter that is available countrywide, but faces intense competition from well-established rivals such as the Bajaj Chetak and TVS iQube.