Ather has introduced its subsequent electrical scooter in India. And no, it’s not referred to as Ather Diesel, however quite it’s referred to as Ather Rizta. The corporate CEO and Co-founder Tarun Mehta took to the microblogging platform X (previously Twitter) to disclose the main points of its subsequent electrical scooter and likewise confirmed its launch timeline.
Ather Rizta launch timeline and options
Ather Rizta electrical scooter will probably be a household scooter and is poised to debut on the Ather Neighborhood Day Celebration 2024 (ACDC 24). When is that? The teaser video of the electrical scooter says ‘Delivering in 6 months’. That stated, we nonetheless have a while left earlier than we get our palms on the upcoming EV.
Properly, we had our enjoyable with ‘Diesel’.
However we’re positively not naming our first household scooter Diesel (sorry, Quick and Livid followers)
Not like our regular names which have been extra of an engineering nomenclature, we’re taking a distinct route this time.
Introducing ‘Ather Rizta’… pic.twitter.com/OHyRMwLoht
— Tarun Mehta (@tarunsmehta) January 19, 2024
Mehta revealed that with Rizta, the corporate will probably be taking an enormous leap in consolation and security.
“With Rizta, we will probably be taking an enormous leap in consolation and security. Our groups have been engaged on this for some time (this one has been on and off the desk since 2019!) now and have been pulled off some superb integrations which can be industry-fire and can make your journey expertise approach higher,” stated Mehta on X.
Not like the 450 lineup, which is extra sporty, the Rizta seems to be comfort-focused and designed for household. Nevertheless, it can nonetheless have the identical high quality and reliability as different Ather EVs, as per Mehta.
“Rizta can even proceed to take care of the identical high quality and reliability that Ather’s different merchandise are recognized for.”
Aside from this, we don’t know anything about this upcoming scooter. However we hope we’ll study extra as we transfer nearer to the discharge. Count on Rizta to obtain FAME-2 advantages. We are able to additionally anticipate the Rizta to compete with different household EVs just like the TVS iQube, Bajaj Chetak, and others.
That is the second EV announcement from Ather this yr. Earlier this month, Ather Power unveiled the Ather 450 Apex within the nation. The 450 Apex is the priciest electrical scooter by the model.
Ather 450 Apex is priced at Rs 1.89 lakh (ex-showroom). It packs a 3.7kWh battery that’s licensed to supply a 157km vary. The entire charging time of the EV is marketed to be 5 hours and 45 minutes. It has a peak energy of seven.0kW and a max torque of 25Nm. It has a brand new Wrap+ mode. The highest pace of the EV is 100km/h. The EV has a 22-litre boot cupboard space.
Different options of the electrical scooter embody the brand new Magic Twist, which permits the scooter to hurry up and decelerate with the identical throttle. It has a 7-inch TFT dashboard with Google Maps navigation assist.
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