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The Sale Of This Electric Scooter On Flipkart, Electric Scooter Is Being Sold Indiscriminately

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The Sale Of This Electric Scooter On Flipkart, Electric Scooter Is Being Sold Indiscriminately
03 Oct 2022
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Electric scooters are becoming more and more popular. Companies are now attempting to expand their accessibility across both offline and online platforms. Following this pattern, Ather Energy, a maker of electric scooters, has begun selling its Ather 450X Gen 3 electric scooter on Flipkart. This is a pilot project which is presently in New Delhi only. Ravneet Phokela, Chief Business Officer, Ather Energy said that this partnership will be expanded to various cities.

September has been a noteworthy month for the business. The company has registered a year-on-year growth of 247 percent in September 2022. The company has also opened 4 new experience sets in Ranchi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Rajkot. Ather is also the number one two-wheeler EV maker in Kerala with a 34% market share. In Kerala, the company is at the top with a 34 percent market share. Recently, Ather Energy rolled out the 50,000th unit of the Ather 450X scooter.

Ather Energy currently has two electric scooters 450 Plus and 450X in the Indian market. The 450X scooter has a 3.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack. It gets four riding modes – Eco, Ride, Sports, and Warp. It reaches a speed of 40kmph in 3.3 seconds. The top speed of the scooter is 80 km. is per hour. Its certified range is 146 km. is off. Talking about the price, its price is Rs 1,55,657 (ex-showroom, Bangalore).

On the other hand, the 450 Plus comes with a real range of 85 km and a top speed of 0-40 kmph in 3.9 seconds. The Ather 450X competes with electric scooters like Ola S1 Pro, TVS iQube, Bajaj Chetak, and Simple Energy One.

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