Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Ather Energy has rolled out a new OTA update for existing Ather 450 and Ather 450X users in India. This new OTA update adds a new ride mode to the electric scooter called the 'SmartEco' mode.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

One of the advantages of using electric vehicles is that performance, user interface, and overall experience can be improved via simple OTA updates without the need to visit the service centre.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Earlier, Ather has released more than a few OTA updates to its electric scooters, enabling features such as Trip Planner and Savings Tracker in the electric scooters.

However, the new OTA update won't be available to all Ather 450 and 450X electric scooter users, but it will be available to those who have subscribed for the 'Ather Connect Pro' subscription plan and also downloaded the latest version of Atherstack software.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

In addition to all the above, the user must also download the Ather App and activate the Ather Labs option.

If the Ather electric scooter user satisfies all the above conditions, then all the user has to do is go to the settings menu and click on the 'Update Now' button to download the new 'SmartEco' ride mode.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

According to the company, 'SmartEco' mode aims to achieve a decent balance between Eco and Sport mode. To ensure the desired result, SmartEco can sense the requirements at any given point of time by factoring variables such as user riding style, load on the scooter, terrain, etc.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Apart from that, in SmartEco mode, a power bar is displayed on the 7-inch touchscreen unit of the scooter. The power bar indicates blue when there is ample power available, but when the power bar turns red, it means less amount of power is available.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Speaking about Ather Energy, it is one of the largest electric two-wheeler manufacturers in India and the EV manufacturer has sold 2,591 units of electric scooters in March 2022 alone.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Thanks to this rapid growth, Ather Energy has expanded its presence in India and opened 4 new showrooms in the country. These 4 new showrooms are located in Tirupati, Guwahati, Vijayawada, and the 3rd showroom in Bengaluru.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

In addition to the newly opened showrooms, Ather Energy has presence in over 23 cities, which the company expanded last year with showrooms in cities like Kochi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Tiruchy, Indore, Visakhapatnam, and Nashik.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Also, Ather Energy recently celebrated the roll-out of the 25,000th unit of the Ather 450X electric scooter and this astonishing feat for a premium electric scooter was achieved in just 2 years since the company started the production of the electric scooters at its Hosur plant.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

When launched, Ather electric scooters were very ahead of their time with features such as a large 7-inch TFT touchscreen digital instrument cluster, all-LED lighting systems, multiple ride modes, reverse mode, and many more.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Speaking about Ather Energy, the electric scooter manufacturer currently sells two models in India. While the standard Ather 450 Plus is the base model, it is powered by a 5.4kW electric motor with 22Nm of torque and a 2.4kWh Lithium-ion battery pack.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

On the other hand, the Ather 450X uses a more powerful 6kW electric motor with 26Nm of torque and it also sports a bigger 2.9kWh Lithium-ion battery pack.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

According to Ather, the base Ather 450 Plus can do 70kms on a full charge and takes just 10 minutes to add 10 kms of range while using a suitable fast charger. In comparison, the more premium Ather 450X can go up to 80kms on a full charge and takes just 10 minutes to add 15 kms of range.

Ather Gets New Ride Mode: Lets Users Achieve True Range Without Sacrificing Performance

Thoughts About Ather Electric Scooters

The Ather electric scooters are very well built and comes with a ton of features. With the added benefit of OTA updates, Ather can launch new features such as SmartEco mode via simple OTA updates.

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Article Published On: Monday, April 18, 2022, 21:02 [IST]
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