India-based ridesharing company announced its electric scooters named Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro in August. Both models are priced at Rs 99,999 (~Rs 1,345) and Rs 1,29,999 (~$1,749) in the country. It appears that the company is planning to launch multiple electric vehicles in the coming years.
Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has confirmed that the company will be developing electric motorcycles and affordable electric scooters from 2022. Here is a tweet that confirms it.
Yes next year👍🏼 https://t.co/dLT1n5qdRp
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) November 13, 2021
Ola has also shown an interest in developing its version of the electric car. It is known that the company has hired key employees from the industry for the electric car segment. The company is also planning to launch e-bikes in future.
Considering that the Ola S1 starts at Rs 99,999, the new affordable Ola electric scooter could be priced around Rs 70,000 (~$942) or Rs 80,000 (~$1,076) in the country. This will allow the company to rival similarly priced scooters like the Honda Active and TVS Jupiter.
The cheaper electric scooter by Ola may offer a conservative performance since it is likely to include a lower-rated battery. Probably, it may allow the scooter to run around 100km on a single charge. Ola S1 and S1 Pro offer some advanced features such as a touchscreen display, speakers, voice assistant, Wi-Fi, 4G, Bluetooth, proximity unlock/lock, cruise control, and so on. It is likely that some of these features will be unavailable on the affordable Ola scooter that may debut in 2022.
Ola registered Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro moniker in July and announced these models in September. Hence, it is likely that the company may adopt the same strategy next year. As far as S1 and S1 Pro are concerned, the company will be opening the next purchase window for these scooters on Dec. 16.
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