The C12 MAX 3.0 offers a significant range and feature upgrade, making it a better value for those who prioritize convenience and longer daily commutes.
The dual‑battery Optima HX commands a noticeable premium but offers significantly higher claimed range, making it attractive for longer routes or riders without easy mid‑day charging. Best for heavier users, delivery riders, or commuters covering 60–80 km daily and willing to trade extra cost and weight for reduced range anxiety.
Ex-showroom by trim — pick one to load it into the columns above.
From our tax and EMI tools — bagmati province rates, 3-year loan at 7.5% with 40% down.
Estimates, not quotes. Road tax follows the published provincial schedule; insurance is the third-party tariff. Confirm with the dealer and insurer.
Their ex-showroom prices are close enough to ignore, so specification decides it: the BGAUSS BG C12 leads on dealer and service reach.
Measured: 78 more service centres in Nepal (106 vs 28).
Measured: 21 more showrooms in Nepal (93 vs 72).
Every figure in this verdict is computed from the table below — the same ex-showroom prices, variant specifications and Nepal service network the page publishes. Nothing here is an estimate, and where a figure is missing on one side the axis is left out rather than guessed.
These trims are listed at their published ex-showroom price, but none has been checked against the distributor's own price list yet — so treat the figures as indicative and confirm at the showroom.
Counted from our own showroom and service-centre directories, not from a brochure — every outlet behind these numbers has a listing on this site with an address and a phone number.
Browse the showroom directory →This comparison is assembled from the Nepal AutoMart catalog — distributor price lists we track daily, variant specifications verified against brochures, and our own showroom and service-centre directories. Specifications a source only hedges at are left blank rather than filled in, prices carry the date they were last checked, and corrections are logged. How we source and verify this data.
As of October 2026, the Hero Optima HX EV starts at Rs 2.1 lakh ex-showroom — Rs 0.19 lakh less than the BGAUSS BG C12 at Rs 2.28 lakh.
The BGAUSS BG C12 costs Rs 2.28 lakh to Rs 3.05 lakh and the Hero Optima HX EV costs Rs 2.1 lakh to Rs 3.1 lakh (ex-showroom, October 2026).
Their ex-showroom prices are close enough to ignore, so specification decides it: the BGAUSS BG C12 leads on dealer and service reach. Take the BGAUSS BG C12 if you want servicing within reach of where you live. Take the Hero Optima HX EV if you want a dealer close enough to visit and negotiate at. Every figure behind that call is in the table on this page.