Indian electric scooter start-up relies on Siemens solutions

Product development Indian electric scooter start-up relies on Siemens solutions

2024-02-06 Source: Siemens Digital Industries Software | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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Ather Energy is an Indian manufacturer of electric motorcycles. The start-up relies on the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio for product development to shorten design and development times, improve product quality, and accelerate market launch.

With the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, the Indian start-up Ather Energy aims to optimize its product development.(Image: Ather Energy) — With the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, the Indian start-up Ather Energy aims to optimize its product development.
(Image: Ather Energy)

Ather Energy was founded in 2013 by Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain, two graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. In 2018, the company launched India's first truly smart electric scooter - the Ather 450, followed by the new flagship Ather 450X in 2020, the 450S in 2023, and the Ather special edition Ather 450 Apex in January 2024.

In addition, Ather has installed a comprehensive public charging network named Ather Grid, which was developed and built in India. With over 1,600 charging points across India, Ather Grid is one of the largest fast-charging networks for electric scooters in India. The company currently has more than 175 experience centers across India and plans to open a total of 250 sales outlets by March 2024. Ather has recently entered the international market, opening two experience centers in Nepal.

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Ather Energy, einer der führenden indischen Hersteller von Elektromotorrädern, hat die Nutzung des Siemens Xcelerator-Portfolios ausgeweitet. Das Unternehmen will damit die Design- und Entwicklungszyklen verkürzen, die Produktqualität verbessern und die Markteinführung beschleunigen.(Bild: Ather Energy)

Die Scooter von Alther sind mit einem intelligenten On-Board-System ausgestattet. Das Display zeigt nicht nur die Geschwindigkeit, die verbleibende Ladung und die zurückgelegte Strecke an, sondern dient auch als Navigationstool. Zudem sind auch Ferndiagnosen, Fehlerbehebung und Over-the-Air-Updates möglich, alles über eine im Roller installierte SIM-Karte. (Bild: Ather Energy)

Ather hat in ganz Indien ein eigenes Ladenetz, das sogenannte Ather Grid, aufgebaut. Diese Gleichstrom-Schnellladestationen verwenden Athers eigene Lademethode und Stecker, um die Roller mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 1 km/min aufzuladen.(Bild: Ather Energy)

Ather Energy setzt bereits seit 2018 auf Lösungen von Siemens und hat diese seither immer wieder erweitert.(Bild: Ather Energy)

In the rapidly evolving EV industry, speed to market is a key lever for success. Siemens' advanced PLM management enables parallel processing of engineering services, moving away from a sequential approach. This shortens the lead time for the introduction of new products and functions.

Swapnil Jain, co-founder and CTO at Ather Energy

Accelerate design and development cycles

Ather Energy introduced the PLM solution Teamcenter in 2018 to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs). These include faster time to market, shortening of design and development cycles through the elimination of design iterations, and the application of a Right-First-Time approach. Since then, Ather Energy's team has also been using Simcenter Star-CCM+ for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Simcenter for physical testing. With these solutions, the company supported its internal testing system for durability and noise, vibration, and harness behavior (NVH). Recently, Ather Energy's vehicle development team also implemented NX for the development of new products and engineering across all existing and new vehicle platforms.

Simulations and virtual tests that we perform with the Siemens tools allow us to optimize scheduling and achieve significant savings in resources and money for repeated testing. Stack-up analysis allows us to get the design right the first time and avoid engineering changes.

Swapnil Jain, Co-Founder and CTO at Ather Energy

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