Electric two-wheeler manufacturer MATTER has unveiled India’s first AI-Defined Vehicles (AIDV) platform at its Technology Day 3.0, marking a significant shift in how next-generation two-wheelers will be engineered, developed and evolved. By positioning intelligence as the core layer of vehicle architecture, the company aims to move beyond conventional software-defined mobility and lead the industry’s transformation ahead of time.
Announcing the platform, Mohal Lalbhai, Founder and Group CEO, MATTER, said, “When intelligence governs materials, energy and control—not just software—we unlock vehicles that continuously outperform their own starting point. This is not an EV transition; this is a category reset.”
The AIDV platform lays out a scalable technology and product roadmap spanning the next 36–48 months and is designed to support multiple two-wheeler categories on a shared, intelligence-led backbone. According to MATTER, the platform tightly integrates hardware, software, materials and data into a single adaptive system, enabling measurable improvements in performance, efficiency, safety and long-term ownership value.
Kumar Prasad Tellikepalli, Founder and Group CTO, MATTER, added, “AI-Defined Vehicles allow us to compress development cycles, improve first-time-right outcomes and build vehicles that learn from every kilometre ridden. This is how deep engineering becomes a compounding advantage over time.”
From Software-Defined to Intelligence-Driven Vehicles
In its official documentation, MATTER explained that AI-Defined Vehicles represent a fundamental re-architecture beyond mechanically defined, electronically defined or software-defined vehicles. Under the AIDV approach, intelligence governs the behaviour of energy, power delivery, thermal systems and materials in real-world conditions, allowing vehicles to continuously improve throughout their lifecycle through learning and data.
The company highlighted that its existing electric motorcycle, the AERA, already functions as a Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV 1.0). It features industry-first technologies such as the Hypershift gearbox, liquid-cooled motor and battery systems, along with deeply embedded control architectures. Over-the-air updates continue to enhance performance on unchanged hardware, forming the foundation on which future AIDVs will be built.
Five-Segment Expansion Strategy
Built on a common AI-defined hardware, software and data backbone, MATTER also announced plans to expand into five two-wheeler segments over the next four years. These include naked street motorcycles, streetfighter motorcycles, adventure (ADV) motorcycles, youth-focused commuter motorcycles and electric scooters.
The company said this platform-led approach will allow it to address a large portion of India’s two-wheeler market while maintaining strong efficiencies at the platform level. Supporting the AIDV stack are over 400 innovations and 97 granted patents, underlining MATTER’s focus on long-term intellectual property creation.
With the launch of the AIDV platform, MATTER aims to spearhead the transition from mechanically defined motorcycles to intelligence-defined electric two-wheelers, setting new benchmarks in performance, reliability and ownership experience.
