Electric vehicle manufacturer Ather Energy has announced a price hike for its family electric scooter Rizta. According to dealer sources, the company is going to increase the prices of the electric scooter by Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000. The new prices will be effective from January 1. This electric scooter is available in 3 variants and 7 color options. Its price ranges from Rs 1.10 lakh to Rs 1.47 lakh (ex-showroom).
Ather Rizta: Design
The Rizta has a boxy design and many powerful features that make it practical for daily use. Its apron has an LED light setup with LED indicators. There is no light in its handle. For better visibility, the light provided in the apron has been rotated left and right.
Ather branding is found on the front. A joystick-like button is provided on the left side of the handle. It has buttons for left, right, up and down. It has a 7-inch touchscreen, which offers many smart connectivity features along with navigation. A small back rest is provided on the grab-rail at the rear of the scooter.
Below this is the LED taillight and Ather bedding. On the side of the scooter, a footrest is provided in the body itself for the pillion rider. For comfortable riding, the scooter has dual telescopic suspension in the front. At the same time, a monoshock absorber is available at the rear. For braking, the Rizta has disc brakes in the front wheel and drum brakes in the rear.
Ather Rizta: Performance
The Ritza scooter has a 4.3 kW motor from the Ather 450X. It has the option of 2.9kWh and 3.7kWh battery packs. The smaller battery pack has a range of 123 km and the larger battery pack has a range of 160 km. The top speed of all variants is 80km/h. The charging time of the 2.9 kWh battery pack is 6.40 hours. Whereas, the charging time of the 3.7kWh battery pack is just 4.30 hours.
56 litres boot space
The company claims that it runs up to 160km on a full charge. Ather says that this is an electric scooter with the largest seat and the largest boot space in the electric two-wheeler segment. The Rizta has a boot space of 34 liters under the seat. There is a small storage compartment on the front of the boot to keep small items like a first aid kit or dusting cloth, which has been named ‘Joey Pocket’.
Optional accessories on the scooter include an ‘organiser’ for boot storage that converts into a carry bag. There is also a 22-litre ‘frunk’ mounted on the scooter’s apron, Which increases the storage space of the scooter by 56 liters. Apart from this, the company has introduced a new Halo helmet, with the help of which features like voice commands work.
Ather Rizta: Features
The underseat storage of the scooter has a multi-purpose charging port with a power output of 18W, which can charge smartphones, laptops, tablets, portable speakers and other electronic devices. The water wading capacity of this electric family scooter is 400 mm.
Ather has introduced Skid Control feature in the Rizta to prevent the scooter from skidding. This is Ather’s proprietary traction control system that controls motor torque to reduce the loss of traction during acceleration on low-friction surfaces such as sand, gravel, water or oil.
The scooter gets two riding modes – Smart Eco and Zip. Apart from this, ride assist features like Magic Twist, Autohold and Reverse mode have also been provided like the 450 series. Apart from this, features like Fall Safe, Emergency Stop Signal (ESS), Share Live Location, Theft and Tow Detect, Find My Scooter, Magic Twist and Regenerative Braking have been provided in it.
