S340- The future of the Indian electric mopads.

Today, the rend is rapidly changing the trend of electric mobility and is taking us a step closer toward an electric future with everyday. Almost all the market leaders are trying to gain this opportunity with many new players coming in the market. Tesla has almost revolutionised the future of electric mobility with its extraordinary models. Even the companies from the Lamborghini to the Porsche are also developing their versions of electric beasts. Almost, all the researches are being focussed toward the cars but there are few which are targetting the other segments and the two-wheeler market is one of them. In India too, there are few players who are targetting the two wheeler segments. Ather Energy is one such name which is aiming to change the future of mopads( two-wheelers) in the Indian markets.

 Ather energy is basically an India based startup focussed on building the first smart electric two-wheeler of India, the S340. Founded in 2013, Ather Energy is the brainchild of IIT graduates Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain. Planning for its first official launch in 2018, the startup was funded by the Tiger Global and the Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal. Soon the startup gained traction and the Hero MotoCorp funded the Ather Energy.

The Ather Energy is focussing on the in-house manufacturing of the required components like the lithium-ion battery pack, Battery Management System, etc. The awesome features of the product are an outcome of the basic researches of the team which revealed the reasons behind the earlier e-bikes which were the limited speed, range etc.

The S340 is offering a top speed of 72 kmph with a 3kW motor and 40Ah battery pack which is related to the nomenclature of the scooter. The scooter features a digital touchscreen dashboard, a lightweight aluminium chassis with a total range of up to 60 km. The innovation has also been achieved in the charging time after which it offers a 80% charging in 50 mins. There are many cool stuffs like the user can create his own user profile on the dashboard, select between sports and economy modes and many other cooler stuffs.


Looking to these cooler stuffs, it seems that the S340 is going to change the future of two-wheeler segment in India.

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