River Indie review - India's most practical electric scooter | First Ride | Autocar India

The River Indie is a EV with a difference. Instead of trying to be just another family or sporty scooter, River is trying to offer a unique experience. Rishaad Mody tells you what it’s like.

Cameraperson: Roshni Manghani
Editor: Vinayak Badekar

0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - A different EV
1:10 - Design and utility
2:32 - Storage space
3:04 - Attention to detail, quality and finish
3:46 - Weight and size
4:12 - Riding position, seat height
5:00 - Suspension comfort
5:58 - Handling
6:15 - Off road
6:45 - Regen and braking
7:34 - Battery range
8:06 - Charger, charge times
8:28 - Motor, performance, modes
9:19 - Incline gradability, motor consistency
9:51 - Features
10:57 - Pricing and availability
11:30 - Expected price hike and verdict

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[kapy]

They have nailed the basics of an EV scooter with no gimmicks and unnecessary hype. Hope they succeed and could probably be my 1st Practical and Comfortable EV scooter for daily city commute

[MadhuryaKakati]

The problem with EV startups is that they can't expand their dealership base quickly to cover the whole country and are stuck in tier 1 cities for years. Ola is the only company able to expand but the product is substandard.

[sathishkumar-uhkc]

The product looks interesting and promising. It's good that they did not focus on gimmicks like connectivity features and tft screen .

[ArunSapaare]

The design reminds me of the old Bajaj Chethak with the front storage space. It's a good thing that they focused on giving a good ride experience rather pouring it with unwanted gimmicks. Kudos to the team for bringing on people with different heights to check the seat height. Good scooter & good video!

[millogautam]

I am in love with this EV River😍, love to buy this someday❤
Love from itanagar Arunachal pradesh Bharat 🇮🇳

[paragjoddar]

Finally a good looking scooter from an Indian startup that contains no BS.

[JaideepGulia]

भाई यह देखने के लिए ऑंखें तरस गई। 14" के rims और इतने बढ़िया accessory options, मज़ा आ गया। European स्कूटर्स को टक्कर दे रही है ये।👌👌

[polemical]

Really refreshing to see so much thought put into practicality and form following function in this lovely Scooter .. All the very best to the River team !

[anishghosh]

No bs
All about practicality
Nice one

[lalityadavv]

This going to be the most practical scooter in India. Congratulations to the makers for making this gem.

[Diesel_life]

The design aspect has covered what most ev scotters nowadays lacking. Kudos to the team for keeping practicality aspect .

Looking forward ..

[benbennyaman]

Best feature added for charging port safety as normal ev charging point can be opened by anyone and that's dangerous as there is a voltage when you check using multimeter which I have checked in my friends ebike it's good to be locked same like petrol tank. 100% safety good work done by River Indie team takes complete safety even on small things.

[JaideepGulia]

I like it's looks, really appears big daddy of scooters.👌👌

[WarpVision]

Very promising, for utility! better usage for an EV.

[eeshachandrapupadhya]

For a startup to have such a finished product without any glitches is commendable(Cough Cough Ola). Especially the performance in long stints. Glad they didn't focus on gimmicky features. Way to go guys.

[rishighosh]

Riverr has nailed the sentiments for which most indian households buy scooter, especially utility. They need to expand it and have service centers at every major city.

[Moonlight-trgm]

First time, liked the storage spaces in EV. This scooter is really tempting. Have to wait for the price.

[Hasanafandi-qjoh]

India can compete China in car scooter industry. Well done India. From Pakistan ❤

[williamjmansfield]

I like the rugged utilitarian look of this machine. Nothing like it available in USA

[sunilarkt]

Absolutely love the fact that that haven't bothered about gimmicky touch screen which are most of the time glitchy and irritating