Electric two-wheeler startup River inaugurated its first dealership in Bengaluru’s JP Nagar. The showroom has the Indie electrical scooter on show, together with its vary of equipment and firm merchandise. It additionally has an adjoining service centre.

The Bengaluru-based firm has secured contemporary funding with the newest one led by the Al Futtaim Group in 2023. Other main traders are Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures, Maniv Mobility, and Trucks VC. The firm was based in March 2021, adopted by the launch of its first e-scooter Indie in 2023. 

1. Indie is produced within the firm’s Hoskote, Karnataka plant
2. Has a prime velocity of 90kph, does 0-40kph in 3.9 seconds  

River Indie: design, options and efficiency 

Praised for its practicality, the Indie boasts a spacious seat, roomy floorboard, and an enormous 43-litre underseat boot. The experience and dealing with is kind of properly suited to the Indian roads as properly because of the plush suspension setup, 14-inch wheels at each ends as we discovered after we rode it. To learn our evaluate, faucet right here.

The Indie is pushed by a 6.7kW mid-mounted motor powered by a 4kWh battery pack, providing a claimed IDC vary of 120km. There are a number of driving modes on supply as properly, with Ride mode that meets most each day commuting wants. Priced at Rs 1.25 lakh (ex-showroom, Bengaluru), the Indie rivals the likes of Ola S1 Air (Rs 1.23 lakh), Ather 450S (Rs 1.10 lakh), Bajaj Chetak Premium (Rs 1.36 lakh) and TVS iQube (Rs 1.34 lakh). 

All costs ex-showroom, Bengaluru

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