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Hero Lectro assures ‘Tarakki Ki Raftar’ with its cargo e-cycles range
Mumbai: Hero Lectro, the e-cycles brand of Hero Cycles has unveiled its brand film for its cargo variant with the tagline ‘Badhao Tarakki Ki Raftar’.
With ample storage space and sturdiness, purpose-built cargo e-cycles are gaining popularity as a fast, convenient, and sustainable alternative for goods mobility. The film aims to create awareness around the distinct benefits of these e-cycles and how they can bring about progress and transformation in the lives of gig-economy workers, especially those working in the last mile delivery business.
Focusing on this message, the film showcases the advantages of owning a cargo e-cycle and how users are progressing in their lives through this choice. It chronicles a day in the life of a delivery agent and how with Hero Lectro WINN, he has augmented this income as a result of the ability to deliver more. The agent highlights the distinct benefits of using a cargo e-bike including savings on fuel and time, minimal operating and maintenance costs along with ease of use compared to conventional ICE vehicles.
Hero Lectro chief marketing officer Rachit Gupta said, “The campaign aims at educating the audiences on the impact of purpose-built vehicles on one’s progress. The ad film perfectly captures our vision of adding value to people’s lives by building products such as the Hero Lectro WINN. Through this film, we highlight the benefits of cargo e-cycles such as cost efficiency and high productivity which help users such as delivery personnel to earn higher income, in turn increasing their ‘tarakki ki raftaar’.”
Hero Lectro’s WINN is a simple plug & play solution for gig workers as it doesn’t require paperwork such as license and registration. According to the company, it has a payload capacity of over 70 kgs that enables agents to transport larger volumes of goods in one go, resulting in higher productivity. Its dual riding modes, pedal and throttle assists curbs range anxiety and helps users to stay active around the clock.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
