Bangalore-based Ather Energy, which earlier this month opened its brand-new smart manufacturing plant, is fast expanding its retail footprint across the country. In a span of around 45 days, the e-scooter maker has opened its third showroom, this time in Pune, in the premium precinct of Bhandarkar Road.  Ather Energy began deliveries of its e-scooters in the city in January 2021.

Ather Energy had, a year ago, announced plans to take Ather Space, its flagship experience centre format, across key cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune, amongst other Tier-1 cities. To fast track this expansion, Ather had invited dealer partners to set up these experience centres across these cities. 

In October 2020, the company had announced its dealer partners for Maharashtra and Gujarat. The OEM said it aims to bring a premium retail experience that Ather Energy has built through company-owned experience centres will now be delivered through dealer partners. This required collaboration with progressive dealers with experience of premium products and a deep understanding of consumers in their respective markets. To that end, Ather Energy has collaborated with Kataria Group in Ahmedabad, Kamal Motors in Mumbai and BU Bhandari in Pune. 

On January 9 this year, the EV maker opened its first showroom in Mumbai, and then on February 8, inaugurated another retail outlet at Ambawadi, Ahmedabad in association with the Kataria Group.

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What is Ather Space?
Ather Space essentially is a dynamic, tactile and interactive facility designed to educate customers about electric vehicles (EVs) while providing a holistic experience in an interactive space. EV aficionados can ride the Ather 450X and get an in-depth view of the product and its features before pre-ordering the electric scooter.

With a naked scooter on display, visitors get an opportunity to learn about every aspect of the vehicle and witness the engineering and mechanical efforts that have gone into manufacturing it. Further, they can learn and interact with the intelligent and connected features through a digital display.

The automaker will design the retail space and experience for its dealer partners, with a focus on its holistic experience-led model.

The automaker will design the retail space and experience for its dealer partners, with a focus on its holistic experience-led model. These experience centres will allow prospective consumers to test ride and get hands-on with Ather’s intelligent & connected product portfolio. The company currently operates Ather Space in Bangalore (Indiranagar) & Chennai (Wallace Garden Street).