Was informed that will be available in a week… Hope will keep their words
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Im already eager to buy one
I have on suggestion to Ather team that they have to made portable charger as fast charging as of in Ultravilete F77 Bike they made it fast charging so that we can go long distance. Ather also have to do same https://www.ultraviolette.com/energy.html
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The Ultraviolette has a CCS2 for use with public charging points and Ultraviolette fast chargers. They do not have any Home Fast chargers. Economics of running a fast charger for personal use is not justified with today’s Li-on battery chemistry and cost of operation.
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I am not talking of regular charging in dc fast charger… for long travel they designed fast charger from AC supply only
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It’s been addressed here: https://forum.atherenergy.com/t/athergrid-locations/294/473?u=abhishek.balaji
It’s not feasible from a cost perspective, and not everyone wold want it.
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See if you want to travel from bangalore to Hassan its 180 K M If you use slow charger we have to sleep in middle only.Then it seems Ather is only for city rides not for long distance right…? I am very much interested in getting one portable fast charger for what ever may be the cost
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Ather 450 and 450X are definitely for urban city commutes, and we don’t have plans to add Ather Grids between cities. It won’t be comfortable on an Ather either.
There are folks who’ve traveled between cities, but as you mentioned, it involves stopping at places to charge for a few hours each time.
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Can i get it in open market…?
No you can’t get it.
Then they have to develop one. They have to give choice between normal portable charger and DC fast portable charger.Whoever want any one they can pick up there choice
Ather already has developed a fast charger and it is in use at the grid points. They cost around ₹30k (missing the post where I found this) and have industrial grade requirements. Obviously bulky to transport. The requirements and the bulk makes it a bit impractical for conversion as a portable device as of now.
From a user perspective it is just an option. But from the manufacture or development perspective it includes many things. Design, validation, testing, performance and much more. Two different production lines for two different products for same purpose. Companies usually don’t do that mistake. They cannot spend time on such stuffs. This is practiced industry wide. The Intel processors i3 i5 i7 they are not different processors. They just fuse certain amount of circuits and make different variants. So it is highly likely that the users going to get Dc fast charger from ather.
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But Ultraviolete has developed portable DC fast charger for the F77 and regular pod for charging at home
then why ather why not F77 ?
Will purchase that also…when launched …
3.25 lk .I think Ather has capcity to develop that
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If Ather make a converter like Telsa which can allow us to use charging points that are planned by the govt on highways.
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There are two types of chargers at these public charging locations:
AC chargers:
For these, you can buy or make a simple convertor that’ll let you use a portable charger to top up your battery.
Check this post by Rahul to get a sense of what you’d need: Portable charger - #217 by Rahul
DC Fast charger
It’s not about changing the connector shape alone, but the public charging points are meant to be used with a higher battery voltage, which are suitable for cars and not the Ather 450 or 450X.
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Does anyone have a second hand portable charger ? Thinking to buy one