2025 Acko Drive Awards: Ather Rizta Wins Scooter Of The Year

The scooter segment has been witnessing significant action over the years. While ICE scooters dominated proceedings, it's the EV scooters, which have taken over the baton and we saw some very good electric scooters making their debut in the recent past. The EV trend continued in 2024 as well but one big change was the introduction of the all-new TVS Jupiter 110, which is the second-highest selling scooter in our nation. As for the new entrants in the EV space, the list included the Amper Nexus, Ather 450X/Rizta, Bajaj Chetak, BMW CE02/CE04, BGauss RUV 350 and the TVS iQube Standard/ST. 

All the above scooters had their own forte but it was the Ather Rizta which managed to pip the TVS Jupiter 110 by a fine margin to be crowned the 2025 TOTMs scooter of the year. The Rizta is the first family electric scooter from Ather and it’s built on the tried-and-tested Atehr 450 platform which has proven its worth. The Rizta focuses on the convenience factor and offers the largest underseat storage space for any scooter in the country and the whole section can be removed as a basket for shopping. The long seat is also very spacious and accommodating for riders of varying size and so is the footboard. 

Being an Ather offering, the Rizta comes loaded with tech and features which are among the best in the EV and scooter space in general. The performance of the scooter is on point and the Rizta also offers you decent range. Given the vast charging infra of Ather, owners wouldn’t have to worry much about running out of charge during their ride. For offering convenience, features, performance and reliability in an all-round package, the Ather Rizta is our pick as the best scooter at the 2025 Acko Drive awards.