Ather opens the index at 96.0%, a 2.7-point edge over TVS iQube as the Electric 2-Wheelers arc begins.

The inaugural Electric 2-Wheelers reading puts Ather first at 96.0% share of voice, TVS iQube second at 93.3%, and Bajaj Chetak third at 80.7%.

Ola Electric lands in fourth at 78.7% despite leading on retail volume — the first sign that AI search and showroom share are not the same race.

The engines disagree: ChatGPT and AI Mode both crown Ather (100% and 98% respectively), but Gemini hands the top slot to TVS iQube at 96%, with Ather second at 90% and Ola Electric third at 84%.

The citation pool is led by ridenrepair.com (33 cites), evindia.online and evfy.in (30 each), and bikewale.com (28) — independent review and aggregator sites, not brand-owned domains.

Electric 2-wheelers is, on day one, a four-brand conversation with a long tail.

Ather and TVS iQube are essentially tied at the top — the 2.7-point gap is well inside the band that can flip on a single weekend of fresh editorial.

The category's structural story is that AI surfaces reward specialist EV publishers (ridenrepair, evindia, evfy) and mainstream aggregators (bikewale, bikedekho, zigwheels) far more than brand-owned domains: atherenergy.com sits at 8 cites, olaelectric.com at 3, chetak.com at 7.

The takeaway for AEO teams: in this vertical the citation pool is owned by third-party reviewers, and a brand's AI visibility is downstream of how those reviewers rank it — not of how much the brand spends on its own site.