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tpav.vasanth · October 26, 2019, 8:14am

Is there a forum thread for temporary registration, Non-Chennai, Non-Bengaluru customers.?

abhishek.balaji · October 26, 2019, 2:55pm

Created this topic for that. Will convert to a sub category based on interest. Here’s someone using it in Dharwad

tpav.vasanth · October 31, 2019, 11:20am

People took delivery of Ather with temporary registration and brought to their home town can share their experience here.
Like
*issues they faced when doing permanent registration at hometown RTO
*in tranporting Ather from BLR/MAA to their hometown and back to Ather for Service.
*how locals/neighbors react on seeing the #450 flight.
*signal coverage for Data when out of BLR/MAA.
*etc
*etc

hemanth.anand · November 4, 2019, 12:57am

Here’s one detailed report of an experience of getting Ather registered outside Bengaluru but within Karnataka

Bengaluru to Shivamogga on an Ather 450

Coming to registration, it was a very bitter experience. Since ours was the first electric scooter to be registered in Shivamogga, I had to fight with the RTO people to get it registered. I have visited the RTO continuously for a week, leaving all my work only to wait there and fight. Before buying the scooter, I had enquired with the local RTO regarding the registration. They ensured me that they will follow the same procedure as followed in Bengaluru. But later it was a complete U turn. Even though, all electric two wheeler are exempted from road tax, they were forcing me to pay tax at 4% of the vehicle value, which would be around Rs 5000. I even showed them the notification about the tax exemption being put up on the RTO Karnataka website and the Karnataka Electric Vehicle Policy.

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I tried to convince them that the vehicle is exempted from tax in Bengaluru itself. Yet, they would not agree. Especially, the accounts superintend, Mr. Bhosle acted as the main villain . He was very rude and arrogant with us. He treated us as if we are desperately trying to evade tax. I repeatedly told him I did not have any problem with paying the tax, but my argument was why should I when the legislation clearly exempts it? They themselves were not updated. Upon that they would blame me for producing outdated documents. They said that the government has amended the bill and the new rule is to collect 4% tax. We were so fed up with them, that we even thought of approaching the local news paper to publicise the harassment done by the RTO officials. The other option for us was to bring it to Bengaluru, get it registered and take it back. Again, all this was frustrating. Fortunately, there was one officer, who was very friendly. He understood our problem and assured that he would help us. He contacted the Indranagara RTO, enquired about the procedure to register an electric vehicle. With his help, finally we got it registered. Mr.Bhosle was still reluctant to carry on with the registeration process. He reluctantly signed it, stating that one day we would be caught by the police for not paying the tax and that we had to face the consequence. Since the job was done, I did not care much about him and his words. After a month, I visited the RTO and found out that Mr.Bhosle was transferred else where. Probably, he was posted in Shivamogga only to trouble us.

In the mean time, I had given many demos about the Ather to the curious people in and around the RTO . I had become quite famous among the RTO agents as “BATTERY GAADI AVARU” meaning the BATTERY VEHICLE FELLOW . Once I had gone to a furniture shop. I was shocked when the owner there suddenly asked me whether the RTO people registered my electric scooter. Upon asking how did he come to know about that, he told that he had seen me arguing with the RTO officials, when he had come there on some work.

tpav.vasanth · November 5, 2019, 2:49pm

thanks for sharing this post. I’m from TN. I heard that from Bengaluru itself few people bought and took Ather450 to Madurai and few districts in Kerala. Awaiting for their response.

udithebheemanaik · February 13, 2020, 3:50pm

Yes even I am bringing the Ather 450 to vizag,but the Ather 450 isn’t listed in our state what shall I do??? Please help me!!

acorreya · February 14, 2020, 1:08pm

Wow! I never knew Ather touched kerala! Should trace this one!

tpav.vasanth · February 16, 2020, 4:07am

You can take the Vehicle delivery with Temporary Registration and can do the Permanent Registration at your place RTO.

acorreya · February 16, 2020, 4:24am

But how come temp reg of you don’t have a Bangalore address?

tpav.vasanth · February 16, 2020, 5:02am

Temporary Registration can be done with any address within country. Speak to CC team for better clarity on this regard.

udithebheemanaik · February 16, 2020, 3:38pm

In vizag, the RTO people refused to register the vehicle saying that the vehicle name(ather 450) is not listed in their RTO

acorreya · February 16, 2020, 6:03pm

Just checked with a friend agent who checked with RTO. Seems if you get a temp reg, they’ll give a number from Kerala office.

udithebheemanaik · February 16, 2020, 6:27pm

What number is it? And how would that be able to help with the registration please,I am from visakhapatnam not from kerala, thanks in advance✌

acorreya · February 17, 2020, 3:45am

Yes, this friend told it is totally different rules I’m every state. You’ll have to check with someone at your place.

hemanth.anand · February 17, 2020, 4:05am

The RTO guys are correct. They’ll not register a vehicle that’s not listed in their state. If the former Andhra Pradesh wasn’t split into two, you wouldn’t have faced this problem. But one solution that I can think of is if you have a Telangana address, try to register it in Telangana. There should not be a problem in Telangana as Ather is in Hyderabad (or will be there soon). Also I assume Police may not harass TS vehicles like they would do for any other state. At a later date in future when Ather comes to Andhra Pradesh, you can transfer it and get an AP registration. This is complicated for sure but this is the only solution I can think of right now for your situation.

udithebheemanaik · February 17, 2020, 4:48am

If that is the case , NOC certificate has to be taken if registered in telangana, which is also not accepted in andhra pradesh because even a noc certified vehicle should be also listed in the current state’s Rto list.

hemanth.anand · February 17, 2020, 5:50am

Seems like you missed this part in my post.

Till the Point Ather comes to AP, you cannot change from TS to AP.

udithebheemanaik · February 17, 2020, 6:46am

Seems like I alone have to toil to get the ather 450 listed in my state’s vehicle list🤔

ranganathsb · February 22, 2020, 9:34am

I spotted an Ather 450 near Nalanda Convent, Tumkur. Would be very helpful to know on how they got it to Tumkur and challenges (if any ) they faced if they are using it permanently here. If the owner is on the community can you please share your experience?

hemanth.anand · February 22, 2020, 9:37am

Tumakuru should actually be quite easy considering where all the Ather 450 has been taken. Here’s one detailed report of an experience of getting the 450 registered in Shivamogga

Bengaluru to Shivamogga on an Ather 450

Coming to registration, it was a very bitter experience. Since ours was the first electric scooter to be registered in Shivamogga, I had to fight with the RTO people to get it registered. I have visited the RTO continuously for a week, leaving all my work only to wait there and fight. Before buying the scooter, I had enquired with the local RTO regarding the registration. They ensured me that they will follow the same procedure as followed in Bengaluru. But later it was a complete U turn. Even though, all electric two wheeler are exempted from road tax, they were forcing me to pay tax at 4% of the vehicle value, which would be around Rs 5000. I even showed them the notification about the tax exemption being put up on the RTO Karnataka website and the Karnataka Electric Vehicle Policy.

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I tried to convince them that the vehicle is exempted from tax in Bengaluru itself. Yet, they would not agree. Especially, the accounts superintend, Mr. Bhosle acted as the main villain . He was very rude and arrogant with us. He treated us as if we are desperately trying to evade tax. I repeatedly told him I did not have any problem with paying the tax, but my argument was why should I when the legislation clearly exempts it? They themselves were not updated. Upon that they would blame me for producing outdated documents. They said that the government has amended the bill and the new rule is to collect 4% tax. We were so fed up with them, that we even thought of approaching the local news paper to publicise the harassment done by the RTO officials. The other option for us was to bring it to Bengaluru, get it registered and take it back. Again, all this was frustrating. Fortunately, there was one officer, who was very friendly. He understood our problem and assured that he would help us. He contacted the Indranagara RTO, enquired about the procedure to register an electric vehicle. With his help, finally we got it registered. Mr.Bhosle was still reluctant to carry on with the registeration process. He reluctantly signed it, stating that one day we would be caught by the police for not paying the tax and that we had to face the consequence. Since the job was done, I did not care much about him and his words. After a month, I visited the RTO and found out that Mr.Bhosle was transferred else where. Probably, he was posted in Shivamogga only to trouble us.

In the mean time, I had given many demos about the Ather to the curious people in and around the RTO . I had become quite famous among the RTO agents as “BATTERY GAADI AVARU” meaning the BATTERY VEHICLE FELLOW . Once I had gone to a furniture shop. I was shocked when the owner there suddenly asked me whether the RTO people registered my electric scooter. Upon asking how did he come to know about that, he told that he had seen me arguing with the RTO officials, when he had come there on some work.