Ather Energy is the epitome of a startup that struggled through years and redefined the boundaries of technology and came out with finest and smartest electric scooters, the Ather S340 and Ather 450.
Ather Energy was founded by two IIT Madras graduated way back in 2013. After years of research and development Tarun Mehta, the CEO and co-founder of Ather Energy launched Ather S340 in 2016. Ather S340 has a top speed of 70 kmph with a range of 60 km in a single charge. Ather S340 is priced at 1.1 lakhs. Ather Energy recently launched its new model Ather 450 in June this year.
Ather 450 can go a complete 75 km on a single charge with a top speed of 80 km/hr. Ather Energy has raised $ 12 million from Tiger Global and Flipkart founders and also $30.5 million from Hero Motorcorp.
Ather Energy is also setting up charging infrastructure named as Ather grid. This Ather charging grid will be free to use for all electric vehicles for a period of first six months. The production capacity of Ather Energy’s plant in Whitefield (near Bengaluru) is to produce 600 electric scooters in a week.
Clearly Ather Energy has come up with a magnificent masterpieces in the form of their scooters.