How did Ather establish its own competitive hill instead of attacking legacy two-wheeler incumbents directly?
Replied byTarun Mehta
Co-Founder & CEO at Ather Energy
Niche: Production
Revenue: Approx. USD 22 Million/month
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Started: 2013
Attempting to compete directly against multi-billion-dollar automotive giants like Hero, Honda, and TVS on distribution or manufacturing scale would have been suicidal. Instead of attacking their established hills, we built our own hill grounded in proprietary software, battery engineering, and digital user experiences. We forced legacy competitors to build electric vehicle programs to respond to our technological standards.
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