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Ather Rizta Z Expert Review

Electric
Scooter
2 Seater

8.1/10 ★ SEV Score No ratings yet

1.37 - 1.57 Lakh (Ex)

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What's good

Practicality is well balanced
A clean, boxy and bulky design
Impressive 7-inch touchscreen
A total of 56 litres of storage space
Seats are wide & comfortable
Build quality is impressive
Skid Control & FallSafe features

What's not so good

A little on the costlier side
Top speed is just 80 km/h
Very slow charging (~6 hrs)
Extra money for a lot of features
Drum brakes at the rear

The Ather Rizta Z is a high-end electric scooter that combines style, performance, and technology. It features a 7-inch TFT display, AutoHold, Magic Twist, reverse mode, and a large 56L underseat storage. Supported by the latest MoveOS upgrades and the Eight70 extended battery warranty, the Rizta Z is built for riders seeking long range, modern features, and everyday practicality in one EV.

8.1/10 ★ SEV Score No ratings yet

1.37 - 1.57 Lakh (Ex)

Check On-Road Price

What's good

Practicality is well balanced
A clean, boxy and bulky design
Impressive 7-inch touchscreen
A total of 56 litres of storage space
Seats are wide & comfortable
Build quality is impressive
Skid Control & FallSafe features

What's not so good

A little on the costlier side
Top speed is just 80 km/h
Very slow charging (~6 hrs)
Extra money for a lot of features
Drum brakes at the rear

The Ather Rizta Z is a high-end electric scooter that combines style, performance, and technology. It features a 7-inch TFT display, AutoHold, Magic Twist, reverse mode, and a large 56L underseat storage. Supported by the latest MoveOS upgrades and the Eight70 extended battery warranty, the Rizta Z is built for riders seeking long range, modern features, and everyday practicality in one EV.

Ather Rizta Z Expert Review

See what our experts think about the Ather Rizta Z

8.1/10

SEV Score

7

Safety

8.5

Feature

8

Design

7.5

Performance & Range

8

Ride & Handling

9

Space & Comfort

9

Charging & Warranty

8

Service & Network

8.1/10

SEV Score

7

Safety

8.5

Feature

8

Design

7.5

Performance & Range

8

Ride & Handling

9

Space & Comfort

9

Charging & Warranty

8

Service & Network

Expert Verdict

The Ather Rizta Z marks a major design shift for Ather Energy, with design attributes that move away from its regular aggressive, razor-sharp elements to a much more family-focused silhouette. The Rizta Z is crafted for urban dynamics, featuring a predictive electric powertrain with 3 usable ride modes. With suitable ergonomics and lower maintenance, this scooter is perfect for long daily commutes.

Ather Rizta Z Design

★ 8/10

Exterior:

Unlike the Ather 450 series’ compact design, the Ather Rizta Z prioritises a wide and long wheelbase construction, maximising proportions for comfort and convenience. The Rizta Z comes with smooth body proportions and seamless panel transitions to enhance quality. This same factor makes it an approachable and appealing daily commuter for families in India, while featuring a purposeful stance – the Ather Rizta Z does not compromise on elements:

The Ather Rizta Z comes with a fascia that boasts a horizontally stacked LED lighting setup on the apron, functioning as a premium element with DRL (daytime running light) integration. This wraparound LED lighting system, incorporating turn indicator lighting, enhances the fascia’s appeal. This, combined with the dual-tone panel colour palette, enhances the rich design appeal.

Toward the sides, the Ather Rizta Z is equipped with an extra-long measuring single-piece seating arrangement with bolstering, supported by a pillion backrest as standard for the best comfort and appeal. Meanwhile, Ather Energy has also focused on a design language that is simple in nature, featuring side panelling with a seamless transition and fitment. The flat floorboard placement with a wider footprint also comes in handy while enhancing the appeal.

At the back portion, the Ather Rizta Z carries forward the simple design language, paired with a premium touch with the fitment of wrap-around LED taillight elements. The ‘V’-shaped number plate holder, which doubles as a mudguard, is another neat incorporation that elevates the simple but strong appeal. That said, even though the overall design is definitely solid, there is a problem that a few customers state: the bulky design can cause elderly pillion riders to find it difficult to swing a leg over when mounting and dismounting. The slanting apron construction also causes knee contact. Apart from these, the Rizta Z maintains appealing proportions.

All that said, the Ather Rizta Z is definitely an appealing and approachable choice for customers. For the same reasons, the Rizta Z comes in appealing dual-tone colour options:

Colours:

The Ather Rizta Z comes in multiple matte, monochromatic, and dual-tone colour options to suit customers’ design tastes: Terracotta Red Duo, Deccan Grey Duo, Pangong Blue Duo, Alphonso Yellow Duo, and Cardamom Green Duo (Duo refers to dual-tone options). Meanwhile, the matte colour options provided are Pangong Blue or Terracotta Red. Single-tone colour options offered are Deccan Grey or Siachen White. All these colour options are vibrant and appealing.

Build Quality:

Ather Energy continues to stay true to its reputation of offering structurally strong and intact construction, supported by seamless panel transitions to enhance reliability and durability. The panels have perfect fitment, which plays a crucial role in enhancing the vehicle’s premiumness. With strong hardware construction, the Ather Rizta Z is best for long-term usability in India.

Ather Rizta Z Features

★ 8.5/10

The Ather Rizta Z comes with an adequate list of feature integrations to enhance the vehicle’s design appeal, usability, and convenience factor to a greater extent. For the same reasons, the Rizta Z is equipped with an advanced and smart dashboard and software; the Rizta Z gets a 7-inch TFT touchscreen system with good haptics, all while supported by a Snapdragon 212 Quad-core 1.3 GHz operating setup. Unlocking AtherStack Pro, the Rizta Z’s system offers ride modes, auto-hold functions to prevent rollback of the scooter on inclines, and a traction control system.

Apart from these, the Rizta Z, under the ‘AtherConnect’, is equipped with navigation featuring access to Google Maps, supported by document storage functions, ride stories, WhatsApp notifications and previews, among other things for convenience. The cluster also comes with the option for auto-reply to calls when riding and supports Alexa functionalities. For intercity travel, the system also comes with a proprietary ‘Inter-City Trip Planner’ which helps with route planning prior to heading out for trips.

That’s not all; the Ather Rizta Z comes with the FallSafe function – it cuts off the motor when the vehicle sensors detect an accident or the dropping of the scooter, a neat tech integration.

Overall, for practical daily city use, these features are top-notch and definitely come in handy. However, there are a few drawbacks that we noticed – tapping small user interface targets while riding is difficult and would require the rider to take their eyes off the road. Unlike the Rizta S with dedicated toggle switchgear, there is a lack of physical switchgear for quick access to the system functions (lack of physical shortcuts).

Apart from the above minor drawbacks, the overall feature functionality is top-notch for an enhanced appeal. The use of Ather Rizta Z’s feature elements is considered to be better than most electric family-oriented scooters.

Ather Rizta Z Performance & Range

★ 7.5/10

The Ather Rizta Z is not just built with tech and gizmo integrations to enhance the appeal but also features powerful electric motor and battery configurations that are perfect for city usability. In fact, the energy-efficient PMSM (permanent magnet synchronous motor) of the Rizta Z makes it ideal for long intra-city commutes to a large extent.

As for figures, the Ather Rizta Z is offered with multiple battery capacity options: 2.7 kWh / 2.9 kWh / 3.5 kWh – all meant to deliver high-power and torque performance of 4.3 kW of power and 22 Nm of torque. Moreover, the maximum IDC (Indian driving condition) range delivered is 161 km/full charge. With such a powertrain (motor and battery) configuration, the Rizta Z takes about 4.7 seconds to clock 0-40 kmph, which is quick enough for a family scooter.

While the acceleration performance is modest for sure, the Ather Rizta Z delivers high-speed performance and offers a capped speed of 80 kmph for seamless highway runs. The PMSM powertrain is also crafted to prevent unnecessary wheelspin and aggressive acceleration. The vehicle also gets an effective regenerative braking system that helps slow down. The system helps with energy efficiency by capturing kinetic energy when braking. While it does help with battery efficiency, there is one element that could have been made better on the Ather Rizta Z:

The regenerative braking system on the Ather Rizta Z does not have a full vehicle-stopping capacity – meaning that the system cannot bring the vehicle to a complete stop, even though it does help slow down the electric scooter to an extent. Additionally, the system is inconsistent because the battery management system (BMS) either shuts the regenerative system down or automatically reduces it when the vehicle battery is at a full state of charge. This factor causes an unexpected shift in riding dynamics. That said, the physical brakes are top-notch nevertheless.

Ather Rizta Z Ride & Handling

★ 8/10

The Ather Rizta Z is designed to remain a planted (high-stability) family-orientated electric scooter meant to also deliver good riding comfort in city operating environments. Unlike sharp, track-focused electric scooters in Ather Energy’s portfolio, the Rizta series, particularly the Rizta Z, is designed to deliver plush and predictable riding performance. For the same characteristics, the Rizta Z is equipped with a telescopic fork in the front, while the rear gets a monoshock setup. That said, the front suspension is slightly stiffer to enhance vehicle agility when taking sharp turns.

In addition to these fittings, the Ather Rizta Z has a long wheelbase and heavy architecture to ensure the vehicle is planted on the road at high speeds when running on highways. The same weight element ensures the vehicle is not affected by wind turbulence caused by passing trucks, which generally causes instability in scooters. Moreover, the vehicle is built for versatility, suitable especially for highways and uneven urban operating environments.

Ather Rizta Z Safety

★ 7/10

The Ather Rizta Z is equipped with a disc brake in the front, while the rear is equipped with a drum brake. These braking components are supported by a combined braking system for even brake force distribution, helping slow the vehicle effectively. However, the Rizta Z from Ather does not get an anti-lock braking system to prevent wheel lockup under panic braking. Nonetheless, it does feature a traction control system-like configuration under the proprietary ‘SkidControl’ system.

In addition to these, for vehicle protection against theft and tow-away, the scooter is equipped with a tow and theft alert system which alerts owners if the vehicle is moved from where it is parked. The Ather Rizta Z also comes with Find My Scooter functions to locate the vehicle in densely parked locations like in shopping malls. Speaking of location, for rider safety, the Rizta Z is also backed by share my location functions, which show real-time location data for others to safely locate the vehicle without worries.

All said, there is one area that can be improved on the Ather Rizta Z: when on steep inclines, the Ather Rizta Z aggressively engages the regenerative braking system on loose surfaces, causing the wheel to lock up briefly before the traction control system kicks in. While this is a minor issue that does not affect vehicle control to a large extent, it is something that needs attention. That being stated, the Ather Rizta Z is a top-notch, safety-focused electric scooter in India.

Ather Rizta Z Space & Comfort

★ 9/10

The Ather Rizta Z comes with a comfortable seating setup with bolstering and foam that is dense to improve rider and pillion comfort. The seat is wider and longer for seating the rider and pillion comfortably. The pillion also gets a backrest for added comfort and convenience. The riding posture is also upright, supported by an ergonomic seating arrangement. Also, the floorboard area is flat, meaning more space for placing feet and carrying smaller luggage or grocery bags.

However, taller riders can find their knee coming into contact with the handlebar when taking sharp turns due to the higher floorboard placement, since the area underneath carries the battery pack.

Ather Rizta Z Charging & Warranty

★ 9/10

The Ather Rizta Z comes with a charging convenience factor thanks to the Ather Portable / Ather Duo charging options; the Rizta Z takes 6 hours / 3 hours and 12 minutes using these charging options, respectively, to recharge the battery from 0 to 80 per cent state of charge (SOC). Meanwhile, 0 to 100 per cent SOC takes 7 hours and 25 minutes / 5 hours and 15 minutes using the Ather Portable and Ather Duo chargers, respectively. Charging with Ather Grid for 10 minutes offers 15 km of range.

As for warranty, the Ather Rizta Z is backed by 3 years or 30,000 km (whichever is earlier) of standard vehicle and battery coverage. The charger warranty is up to 3 years. Under Ather Energy’s Eight70 package, the Rizta Z can get an add-on battery warranty of 5 years or 60,000 km (whichever comes first) by paying a premium. An option for an 8-year or 80,000 km (whichever comes first) add-on battery warranty is offered at a premium when purchasing the Ather Rizta Z.

Ather Rizta Z Service & Network

★ 8/10

The Ather Rizta Z is supported by a transparent, app-based service availability recording maintenance history and support from an extensive 3S (sales, service and spare parts) network. Being an electric scooter running on fewer components, the maintenance is considerably lower than that of ICE (internal combustion engine) scooters in India. Ather Energy is also offering service subscription plans for extensive vehicle support. However, a few customers have reported that parts availability in smaller towns involves occasional waiting periods, causing service delays.

Who should buy this?

The Ather Rizta Z is meant for customers looking for a family-orientated electric scooter with adequate feature integrations and approachable performance to enhance commutes across urban locations. The Rizta Z from Ather Energy is designed for safety and comfort for daily use; this electric scooter comes with segment-best safety-focused feature integrations, an IP66-protected motor, and high water-wading performance in ideal monsoon conditions; 40 cm wading limit. It is a feature-rich electric urban family scooter that sets significant power and safety benchmarks.

8.1/10 ★ SEV Score No ratings yet

1.37 - 1.57 Lakh (Ex)

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