Ola’s S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters are already promoting like hotcakes, however that doesn’t imply the nascent electric scooter producer is slowing down. The firm is reportedly working on growing a follow-on lower-cost electric scooter in addition to an electric motorcycle.
The information comes through Zigwheels, who not too long ago met the corporate and hung out on the brand new Ola scooters after check rides opened in the previous few days.
The S1 Pro is Ola’s flagship electric scooter and boasts spectacular efficiency.
A prime pace of 70 mph (115 km/h) is made attainable by the scooter’s 8.5 kW (11.4 hp) electric motor.
The S1 Pro additionally sports activities a big battery with 4 kWh of capability.
A barely decrease spec S1 scooter reaches a decrease prime pace of 56 mph (90 km/h) and features a 3 kWh battery. That smaller battery affords a variety of 121 km (75 miles) in comparison with the S1 Pro’s 181 km (112 miles).
Both scooters have acquired an enormous quantity of curiosity since their unveiling in August. At one level, orders had been coming in at a fee of 4 scooters per second, finally promoting a whole lot of 1000’s of pre-orders.
The beginning worth of simply Rs 99,999 ($1,350) could sound fairly low in comparison with lower-spec worldwide fashions within the US and Europe, however that worth nonetheless excludes a lot of Ola’s home market in India.
A lower-cost electric scooter would assist Ola attain bigger swaths of the market and dip additional into the two million scooters per 12 months manufacturing capability of the corporate’s megafactory.
The high-tech S1 and S1 Pro each supply loads of superior options that might be eliminated to decrease the value of a future mannequin. Features like the big coloration touchscreen, good cellphone integration, and voice instructions all enhance the value of the present model.
The highly effective motor and giant capability battery is also lowered to assist decrease prices.
The information of an electric motorcycle mannequin may additionally assist shake up each the Indian and worldwide electric motorcycle markets, although the corporate has not launched any info concerning potential specs or efficiency. While Ola is presently solely promoting electric scooters in India, the corporate has already introduced that worldwide exports of the S1 and S1 Pro are within the works.
Ola Electric’s CEO Bhavish Aggarwal took to Twitter earlier this summer season to say that exports to the US would start early subsequent 12 months.
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