Pre-bookings for Ather 450S commence, will launch on August 11th

Ather Energy has announced that they have started accepting pre-bookings for their new electric scooter, the 450S. The pre-booking amount is ₹2,500 and it is fully refundable. Ather 450S will sit below the 450X in the line-up, making it the most affordable electric scooter in Ather's portfolio.

Ather has also announced that the 450S will be priced at ₹1.3 lakh ex-showroom. However, this will be an introductory pricing. Other things we know about the scooter are its top speed of 90 kmph and IDC range of 115 km.

Apart from this, the teaser shows that the scooter will feature an LCD screen instead of the touchscreen TFT unit that is seen on the 450X. This makes sense as the scooter will be more affordable than the 450X. The unit on 450S is much simpler and has a coloured, segmented display. It seems like it won't come with features like Google Maps navigation and document storage. It is not yet clear whether the scooter will feature Bluetooth connectivity or not.

Considering that the top speed of the Ather 450S is the same as the 450X. It can be expected that the 450S will get the electric motor from the 450X. The motor puts out 6.4 kW or 8.58 bhp of max power and the peak torque output is rated at 26 Nm.

The battery pack on the 450X measures 3.7 kWh with an IDC claimed range of 146 km. Considering that the 450S is rated for an IDC range of 115 km, the battery pack is expected to have a rated capacity of around 3 kWh.

As of now, not much is known about the Ather 450S. The scooter will be officially launched on 11th August. The e-scooter will compete against the Ola S1, TVS iQube, Ampere Primus, and the like in the segment. It also aims to pull customers from the 125 cc ICE-powered scooters in the market.