Ola: Ola buyer thrashes electrical scooter with rod: Right here’s why

Ola Electrical is without doubt one of the main electrical scooter producers, nevertheless they’re no strangers to controversies surrounding their merchandise. Because the launch of the S1 sequence EVs, various customers have reported a wide range of points with the product. The newest within the saga comes a video of a buyer who’s seen thrashing his Ola electrical scooter with a rod.
As seen within the video, the particular person might be seen deliberately damaging his EV in anger and might be heard fumingly saying that the producer intends to hurt the shoppers who’re pointing fingers on the merchandise. The video, which has since gone viral on social media, exhibits seen harm to the EV because the person hits its instrument panel and the facet mirrors.
Whereas the precise motive behind the matter can’t be verified, the indignant buyer additionally claims that his electrical scooter accelerated by itself whereas on a transfer, thereby jeopardizing his security.

Other than the fireplace instances and different technical malfunctions reported, there have been different situations the place the shoppers have identified issues of safety attributable to a reported software program bug that prompted abrupt reverse acceleration of the scooter.

The Bengaluru-based EV producer has been main the electrical scooter gross sales in India because the section turns into more and more standard with every passing month. Regardless of a brief slowdown earlier this yr because of the FAME-II subsidies being slashed, the EV two-wheeler gross sales have bounced again and registered a big progress forward of the continuing festive season. At current, Ola Electrical is promoting the second era S1 Professional, S1 Air, and the newly-launched reasonably priced providing, the S1X, in India.
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