- EL platform provides onboard charging, AeBS and 10,000km service intervals
- S Line favours vary whereas Z Line brings a better 80kmph high velocity
Ather Konarc has been launched in India at a beginning value of Rs. 99,999 ex-showroom turning into the primary manufacturing scooter based mostly on the corporate’s new EL platform. The EL structure has been designed round decrease prices, easier servicing, simpler charging and on a regular basis usability reasonably than merely chasing efficiency.
The Konarc will probably be provided by means of S and Z strains with a number of vary choices. In response to the variant pricing shared at launch, the Konarc S with 100km IDC vary prices Rs. 99,999. The 125km model is priced at Rs. 1,21,999, whereas the 161km model prices Rs. 1,44,999. Pricing for the 200km S, together with each Konarc Z variants, is but to be introduced. All talked about costs are ex-showroom. The S will probably be obtainable in 5 colors, whereas the Z will get 4.
The supply schedule is staggered as properly. The 125km and 161km Konarc S variations are scheduled to succeed in clients from September 2026. The entry-level 100km model follows within the first quarter of 2027, whereas the 200km S is deliberate for the third quarter. Each Z variations are at the moment scheduled for the second quarter of 2027.
Ather described EL as a scalable platform able to supporting totally different scooter codecs whereas sharing main parts. It was developed utilizing 26 lakh kilometres of discipline knowledge and launched a brand new chassis, powertrain and electronics structure. The corporate additionally mentioned lowering the element rely may make meeting 15% sooner and periodic servicing as much as twice as fast.
The Konarc will get a 14-inch entrance wheel because the bigger entrance wheel ought to roll over damaged surfaces and potholes with much less disturbance, whereas 100mm of suspension journey offers the entrance finish extra room to cope with poor city roads.
1,352mm wheelbase ought to additional assist stability. This isn’t a compact, sharply centered scooter within the mould of the 450. The size counsel Ather has intentionally moved in direction of a extra settled family-scooter character, the place straight-line stability, consolation and carrying a pillion matter extra.
The pillion will get a padded seize deal with together with an adjustable backrest. It’s a small function in isolation, however precisely the type of element that may matter when a scooter is getting used as the first two-wheeler in a family.
Konarc makes use of a entrance disc brake with a mixed braking system, or CBS, however Ather has supplemented it with what it calls AeBS Superior Digital Braking System. Ather says AeBS can present as much as 20% greater peak braking power whereas bettering management and stability. When the EL platform was first proven, the corporate mentioned the know-how was designed to cut back stopping distances and minimise rear-wheel locking.
AeBS mustn’t merely be confused with typical mechanical CBS or full ABS. Ather has beforehand described it as an electronically managed system meant to offer some ABS-like advantages in a variety of braking conditions with out requiring a conventional ABS setup.
The scoot will get a 450W onboard charging system. Which means the charging electronics are built-in into the scooter, so an proprietor doesn’t essentially want to hold a cumbersome charger each time there’s a risk of plugging in away from house. This comes from Ather’s Cost Drive Controller, one of many core applied sciences developed for the EL platform. Ather combines the onboard charger and motor-control capabilities extra tightly, lowering the necessity for separate {hardware} and making charging easier for the person.
There may be one other intelligent factor. Consumers who need faster house charging can add an optionally available 450W transportable charger. Somewhat than changing the onboard charger, the 2 can work collectively, giving a mixed charging output of 900W.
Konarc additionally introduces MagicKey, Ather’s title for its keyless ignition system. Riders can strategy and function the scooter with out going by means of the standard physical-key routine. Extra usefully, the scooter can routinely lock itself when the rider walks away.
