That’s not good 
I travel 50 KMS daily and suppose I want ride fully in ride mode, I can’t. Right?
Of course you can. You’ll have to control your urge to twist the throttle to feel the full torque though.
Even that you might not have to give up on actually.
For reference.
These statistics are with a pillion and total payload of 150kilos and I’m getting over 55km of range and this is me riding pretty fast. I wasn’t limiting myself.
So if you really need to. Solo you can push the range to this –
These statistics are solo riding with 90kg payload and no aggressive acceleration. I didn’t limit my top speed though.
So it’s quite possible to do your 50 Km commute. With ease.
50kms a day with pillion on sports mode is quite easy, at the end of the day you will still be left with more than 20% charge. I’ve been doing it for more than 4000kms and close to 6 months. You can confidently take out the vehicle for close to 65 kms ride if you are a smooth/sedated rider.
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ohh wow, how are you getting these efficiency figures. Mine on average is 35-40 even if I ride carefully. Are you travelling on a straight road, declined road everyday ?
Is the predicted range 100% reliable provided we drive the same way as we did before? How do they calculate it?
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Nothing is 100% reliable. The predicted range is still going to just be a prediction. The predicted range for a trip is calculated by the efficiency for that trip. It’s basically 2400 divided by the efficiency.
You will get the predicted range if you ride at that efficiency.
I usually look at my efficiency figures more than my predicted range.
Keep it under 40Wh/Km and you’ll be good to do a 60-65 km ride. And maintaining 40Wh/Km is really easy trust me.
You’ll get the hang of your ather after a little use. It’s unlike other ICE scooters whose fuel consumptions are already so high that aggressive accelerations won’t really affect the mileage. But in EVs since the consumption itself is so low to start with. And small changes will reflect a lot on your efficiency.
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Mine never came below 40Wh/Km for the first 45 days of owning my Ather. Once you learn to ride it like an EV you can improve your efficiency. I don’t ride on flat terrain. I actually live in mahalakshmilayout. Really bad terrain. Just inclines everywhere.
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I read somewhere on the forum that the speedometer does not provide the exact speed. It is 10% higher than actual speed. Since speed is used to calculate distance too, does it mean that the ODO and range is also on higher side?
Actual distance traveled and range prediction also could be 10% lower than actual.
ohh, thats great. Does that mean you accelerate really slow from stop still ? until you reach a certain speed ?
I don’t on a regular basis. I accelerate with the traffic. I don’t twist the throttle completely.
The statistics i posted above are a one off. I wanted to push the scooter to give me better efficiency.
After a few days of tryings and learning. I was able to achieve what I think is the highest efficiency I can get with my weight and my daily commute route
I usually get efficiencys of 36-38. And that’s a more practical goal.
You should ask @rajeshkav for tips to getten better efficiency. He gets under 25Wh/Km on a regular basis.
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I don’t think this is true. ODO is correct for sure. Unless Google is wrong too 
About the speed error. I remember riding with a CBR250R beside me and we seemed to have almost the same EXACT speed. Either the CBR also has an error or idk.
In one sentence: Use inertia to your advantage as much as possible. Like riding a bicycle, accelerate just enough to coast freely.
What @Suraj_madhu says is right. Most people accelerate too much and brake hard with traffic in front. Just go with the speed of traffic.
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Understood. I am trying to get a hold on my riding style. Often observed that whenever I go more than 14-15 Kms efficiency is pretty good. Will try to accelerate just enough and see if there is any improvement.
Thank you
yes, did try to use inertia for some time. But, when someone tries to overtake and honk at me, I just zoom for some time to show that this scooter can also go fast 
and again try to adjust my riding. I think, I first need to unlearn and let people overtake 
and not care
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I reserve my aggressive accelerations for just this. People look at it and go “current current gaadi” and to remove the bad notion of EVs that they have I do overtake them. It won’t really affect your riding so much. Also check your tire pressure regularly. And coast to a stop at a signal. (after Regening down to 20kmph if you wish to)
When j ride pillion on ICE scooters I realise how much my riding has changed.
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Haha, yaa the current gaadi thing.
Yes, keeping the tyre pressure in check. Going to a station hasn’t been reduced. I am going to a gas station more often than before. In a week pressure reduces at least 8psi rear and 5psi front. Also tried to raise a request, but they turned it down saying it might be a puncture which I am sure isn’t the case. Will also get it checked once.
Thanks for the tips Suraj. Will surely update my observations
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Since we’re all discussing range, here are some of our owners from Chennai sharing their experiences:
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I am just getting 58-60km in sport mode
And 60-65 in ride mode
And 65-70 in eco mode
In the city with stop and go traffic. That’s all you can get. Cruising will definitely get you 70/80+ range easily.