Ather Energy crosses 500+ experience centres in India
Date: 18 Sep 2025
Ather
Energy Limited crossed a significant milestone with the opening of over 500
Experience Centres (EC) across India. Over the last few months, Ather has
rapidly expanded its presence across the country, focusing particularly on
expansion in Middle (comprising the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha) and North India, to cater to the growing
consumer demand for its electric scooters, especially the Rizta - Ather’s first
family scooter.
In
the last three months alone (June-August 2025), Ather has added 101 new
Experience Centres to its network across India. Of these, more than 58 have
been opened across Middle and North India, in cities such as Agra in Uttar
Pradesh, Mandsaur and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Sundargarh in Odisha,
Vadodara in Gujarat, and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, to name a few. In South India
as well, where Ather is a market leader, the company has built a robust retail
network and continues to expand steadily. Additionally, Ather is also deepening
its presence in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, including Calicut, Indore, Nashik,
Coimbatore, Guntur, Haldwani, Satara, Kota, Kangra, and Aizwal, in order to
make its electric scooters accessible to a wider base of customers. The company
has been deploying multiple retail formats tailored to different tiers. In line
with the expansion of its retail network, Ather is also consistently expanding
its service network, including Ather Gold service centres.
Over
the years, Ather’s retail network has grown with states such as Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, each having over 50 Experience Centres. At a
city level, Bengaluru leads with 18 Experience Centres, followed by Pune and
Hyderabad with 13 each, Delhi with 9, and Mumbai and Chennai with 8 each. This
retail expansion is backed by strong consumer demand and rising market share.
Ather’s national market share grew to 14.3% in Q1 FY26, up from 7.6% in Q1
FY25. In Middle India, its share grew 2.6x year-on-year to 10.7%, driven by
rapid retail expansion. Ather also retained its leadership in South India with
a dominant 22.8% market share in Q1 FY25.
Ather’s
current product portfolio consists of the 450 series, which is engineered for
performance, and the Rizta, Ather’s first family scooter, built for safety,
comfort, and convenience. At Ather Community Day 2025, Ather recently unveiled
its all-new EL platform that will power the next generation of Ather scooters,
introduced AtherStack 7.0 with voice-enabled interaction and safety features
like Pothole and Crash Alerts, launched Infinite Cruise for the 2025 Ather 450
Apex, and announced a major upgrade for the Rizta Z with touchscreen
functionality.
Ather
currently has 2 manufacturing plants in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, one each for vehicle
assembly and battery manufacturing, and an upcoming third manufacturing
facility in Bidkin, AURIC, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. The
upcoming facility in Maharashtra is expected to further increase Ather’s total
manufacturing capacity across all facilities to 1.42 million electric
two-wheelers per year.