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Ather invests ₹320 cr on second manufacturing unit

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EV marker Ather Energy has inaugurated its second manufacturing facility spread across 300,000 sq. ft in Hosur (Tamil Nadu), to help increase the company’s production capacity to 420,000 units per annum and bring down delivery timelines from months to a couple of days.

At the time of commissioning its second plant in 2021, Ather had committed to invest ₹650 crore over five years. Of this, it has so far invested ₹320 crore. Ather also plans to build a third manufacturing plant by the end of the next financial year. However, it is yet to decide on the location of the plant.

Speaking at the launch of the new plant, Swapnil Jain, Co-Founder & CTO of Ather Energy, said, “Rapid scale-up is susceptible to quality issues, and delivering safe and reliable products to our customers is our biggest priority while creating a vision for the plant. With deep investments and innovation done on processes and machines, this plant will help us to further strengthen our leadership in delivering quality vehicles”

Ather’s new manufacturing facility houses two units – one dedicated to battery production and the other for vehicle assembly. The battery unit will have five assembly lines and the vehicle assembly will have two assembly lines. With a strong local ecosystem that has been developed, most of the supplier base for Ather Energy is in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Karnataka, making Hosur an ideal location for the factory.

Currently, the new plant produces 500-600 scooters per day but the company expects to scale this to 1,200 scooters per day by March. The plant has the capacity to employ more than 1100 people directly and over 500 people indirectly.

Ather Energy second manufacturing plant

Ather Energy second manufacturing plant

Ravneet S. Phokela, Chief Business Officer at Ather Energy, saidthe company expects to exit this financial year at a ₹2,400 crore annual run rate. On Ather’s charging network, Phokela said it currently has installed fast-charging stations in 500 locations and plans to install 1.,400 Ather Grids by end of this financial year.

Ather Energy plans to strengthen its retail operations by expanding to new markets. The company plans to expand to around 150 Experience Centers in 100 cities by March 2023.

Commenting on Ather’s plans to increase brand awareness, Jain said, “As we start entering into newer markets, word of mouth spread. The only way to differentiate between us and other vehicles is to do a long-term review. You can’t look at day 1 and know which product’s engineering is better. Word of mouth has been a major leverage for us. However, to just build brand recall, we will increase our marketing spends.”

Further talking about the company’s financials, Jain said Ather is currently more focused on improving its gross margins than becoming Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) positive as the company is investing in growth.

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Published on November 23, 2022

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