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.
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Nothing we can measure separates these two on specification, so price decides it: the Zelio Gracy is रु 81,700 cheaper ex-showroom (35.8%).
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.
Checked against the distributor's own published price, most recently on 13 October 2026. The rest are listed as published and carry no verification date.
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 0.18 lakh less than the Zelio Gracy at Rs 2.28 lakh.
The Hero Optima HX EV costs Rs 2.1 lakh to Rs 3.1 lakh and the Zelio Gracy costs Rs 2.28 lakh (ex-showroom, October 2026).
Nothing we can measure separates these two on specification, so price decides it: the Zelio Gracy is रु 81,700 cheaper ex-showroom (35.8%). Take the Zelio Gracy if the ex-showroom price is your binding constraint. Every figure behind that call is in the table on this page.