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Assuming the road is mix of straight, up-hill and down-hill. I turn regen where there is continuous downhill. But in straight road or mixed type I think there isn't much advantage. May be if I just glide with regen off, I will gain more efficiency.

Let me know your experience.

There was a long queue for Ather, so I didn't do a test ride, and considering the good reviews, I purchased the Rizta S without a test ride. Basically, I read and watched its reviews from Indian YouTubers, and some paid Nepali YouTubers highlighted features which were good.

The specs on paper were good, and the price was okay.

I don't have any complaints about the overall performance. I get an 80km range at 100% with a pillion rider. The performance is ok-ish, especially off-road and uphill.

I wasn't into fancy map features and Pro-Pack features, and the basic app connectivity for the Rizta S series looked decent, so I thought it would work for me.

After the purchase, I was shocked to find that they have lobotomized this series, and I'm stuck with a scooter that has only a basic odometer and also doesn't have a clock on the dashboard. I also paid for a standalone extended battery warranty seperately.

It makes me wonder why they would go to this length and spend extra time just to remove features that are free in India and make it a khasi. The only reason to buy an EV is petrol prices going up, or for the tech. What is worse? If you don't completely shut down the dashboard, it will eat about 2-3KM range overnight (It shows battery % only while charging), and the reason to keep the dashboard awake is completely removed. I shutdown dashboard every time to avoid drain.

Comparing the smart features of Yadea, TVS, or Chetak, the S series is nowhere near.

I wonder who came up with this decision. People buy EV for either tech or because petrol is expensive. When ather is busy shipping and with long order queue someone decided it would be great to put extra effort to just lock app connection feature.

All I wanted was basic app connection for battery, range, distance covered, minus fancy features. And basic app connection is available for free in India. Price is similar if not more when compared with India.

And there is no pro-pack option. extended battery warranty is sold separately as standalone.

comparing this with iqube or chetek, ather is lagging this in their base model and just straight forward. And Chinese e-scooter comes with all kind of smart tech with no subscription bullshit.

What would choose?

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