traditional petrolpowered scooters or motorcycles there is turbo mode that delivers more power but that is still less than petrol scooters he said frosts madhavan said most electric scooters currently on sale are basic in terms of design range and performance so that the price can be kept affordable especially in smaller towns where distances are shorter and buyers more frugal but he says there is also a market for more premium models like those made by bengalurubased startup ather energy which are designed to appeal to techsavvy city commuters athers scooters are connected to the internet come with a touchscreen and have a top speed of 80 kph they cost about 131000 rupees nearly twice the amount gore paid okinawa and ather are both expanding their production facilities while okinawa is already building a new plant in northern india to more than treble its capacity to a million electric scooters a year ather is scouting for a site to set up its second plant there is a line of sight now said ravneet phokela chief business officer at ather which is backed by venture capital firm tiger global adding that there is greater acceptance by buyers and the government is also coming on board ather whose business model includes setting up charging stations in every city it launches is working on new products ahead of plans to expand to 30 cities in the next three years there has never been a better time to be in this business than now he said reuters published on jan 14 2019 at 0102 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app yamaha motor company narendra modi reuters toyota nissan suzuki okinawa prefecture homenewsindustryfocus indias electric vehicle goals being realised on two wheels not four