Electric Cycles in Vadodara

Old Baroda grew up around Raopura, Mandvi and Khanderao Market, and the palace grounds and Sayaji Baug throw plenty of shade over the middle. The newer neighbourhoods spread west through Akota, Alkapuri, Gotri and Vasna, and south to Manjalpur and Makarpura. Between them? Short distances, level roads. Even a heavy rider hardly needs the top assist levels.

The factories sit out at the edges. Gujarat Refinery near Koyali and GSFC at Fertilizer Nagar lie north-west, the Nandesari estate farther north, Makarpura's industrial belt to the south. Riding from Gorwa or Chhani to the refinery side is 10 to 15 km each way, often along the NH 48 service road, where trucks set the pace. A bright rear light isn't optional there. Between those neighbourhoods it's a short, flat spin, and after the first week you'll stop counting the distance at all.

Heat decides the riding calendar more than rain does. May averages 40.1 °C at the airport station, and Old Padra Road in the afternoon feels worse. The Vishwamitri is often a trickle in summer, then swells in the monsoon, and low areas near its banks flood in heavy years. Most of the roughly 1,000 mm of annual rain falls between mid-June and mid-September. Nobody rides hard here, and nobody needs to.

Something else is changing. The Vadodara station for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor is going up above platform 7 of Vadodara Junction, with a foot overbridge planned to the GSRTC central bus depot. Heading there? From most western neighbourhoods it's 3 to 8 km by e-cycle, with no parking stress.