Ather 450x Electric Scooter Gets Performance Improvements Via OTA Update

Ather frequently rolls out OTA updates – The most recent one additionally delivers efficiency improve

India’s main electrical scooter producer, Ather Power has rolled out an replace for its app on Android and iOS. This replace is primarily a patch that has efficiency enhancements in addition to bug fixes. This replace shall be relevant for 450X and 450 Plus homeowners. One of many fixes is that the color and identify will now be displayed appropriately within the app.

For Android customers, the replace is already obtainable on Google Play Retailer. iPhone customers might have to attend a few days, because the replace is pending evaluation on the App Retailer. Apple crew shall be on Christmas holidays until December 27, which has resulted in delay.

Ather enlargement plans

By way of numbers, Ather Energy is at the moment positioned at third place within the listing of bestselling electrical scooters. It trails behind Hero Electrical and Okinawa. Ather is forward of different rivals comparable to Revolt, Ampere, Benling, and Pure EV. In April-Sep 2020, Ather had bought a complete of 941 models. Compared, the numbers for Hero and Okinawa have been 2,629 and 1,836, respectively.

To spice up gross sales, Ather is at the moment working to increase operations throughout the nation. Along with Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, Ather now has presence in Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. Different cities on the radar embrace New Delhi, Kolkata, Kochi, Coimbatore, Calicut and Kozhikode.

In part II, Ather electrical scooter shall be launched in a number of different cities comparable to Jaipur, Chandigarh, Surat, Noida, Lucknow, Nasik, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Hubli, Mysore, Vijayawada, Guwahati, Nagpur and Siliguri. If issues progress as deliberate, Ather would have expanded operations to 27 cities by finish of subsequent yr.

Ather’s new plant

As Ather expands its footprint throughout the nation, demand is anticipated to extend considerably sooner or later. To fulfil that, Ather has setup a brand new manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. This plant is far larger, unfold throughout an space of 4 lakh sq. toes.

Its estimated manufacturing capability is 1 lakh models every year. When this new plant turns into absolutely operational, Ather would have catapulted to a longtime two-wheeler producer from its present standing of an EV startup. Ather has already discontinued manufacturing at its Bengaluru facility.

In each metropolis the place Ather has presence or will launch its electrical scooter sooner or later, the corporate shall be including extra charging stations. Availability of charging stations takes care of vary nervousness, which is an important step for motivating clients to change from customary petrol scooters to electrical scooters. Ather 450X true range is 85 km on a single cost. It comes with quick charging and has journey modes of Eco, Experience, Sport and Warp.