New affordable electric scooter from Ather will launch in 2026 with a starting price of under Rs 1 lakh.
21 Aug 2025 | 11251 Views | By Akbar Merchant
Ather Energy will take the wraps off an all-new low-cost electric scooter concept “Ather EL” at the annual Ather community day that takes place on August 30, 2025. This new scooter will be based on a fresh platform that will underpin future affordable models from the brand and will be ...
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Ather Energy will take the wraps off an all-new low-cost electric scooter concept “Ather EL” at the annual Ather community day that takes place on August 30, 2025. This new scooter will be based on a fresh platform that will underpin future affordable models from the brand and will be scalable in many ways.
Ather Energy CEO Tarun Mehta posted on X (formerly Twitter) “Super excited to unveil our next generation scooter platform ‘EL’ in the upcoming Ather Community Day on 30th August. Building up on the decade long learnings from the 450 and Rizta platform, this one is extremely versatile, lower cost and highly scalable. And this time, we also have a concept on the platform to showcase!”
Ather has released a teaser image of the upcoming EL Scooter concept that previews a family oriented electric scooter with simple looks with traditionally styled body panels. It will have a much conventional design aimed at practicality as opposed to the Ather 450 line-up that focuses on sport and premium electric scooter buyers.
The new affordable platform from Ather will have modular components and is expected to have battery swapping capability as well. There will be some shared bits from the existing Ather electric scooter platforms to keep costs in check. Expect the production Ather EL scooter to take on the likes of the entry level variants of the Chetak and the Ola S1 when it goes on sale sometime next year with prices starting under Rs 1 lakh.