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Ather Energy to treble e-scooter capacity to 1.42 mn units per yr

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April 06, 2025

ATHER ENERGY, IPO-bound electric scooter maker with 11% market share in the EV space in FY25, is on an expansion spree. The company will more than treble its capacity to 1.42 million units per annum.

- BENN KOCHUVEEDAN @ Mumbai

The first phase of the ₹1,123 crore expansion will see the company setting up a 0.5 million plant in Auric City, Aurangabad, by the first half of 2026. The Hosur-based company co-founded by IIT-Madras alumni Tarun Mehta (CFO) and Swapnil Jain (chief technology officer) in 2013 (as a technology firm for the electric mobility space) currently has an installed capacity of 0.42 million scooters per annum, along with a 0.38 million units battery packing facilit

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