A video of the lately launched Ola Electric scooter catching fire in Pune has been doing rounds of the social media, elevating questions over the protection requirements of the automobile. The incident was reported on Saturday when a model new darkish blue colored scooter caught fire on the aspect of a highway.
Ola Electric, the maker of S1 scooter says the corporate is investigating the incident of its electric scooter catching fire in Pune and can take acceptable motion. Ola Electric lately launched the S1 and S1 Pro scooters in India, starting its EV journey with multi-million greenback funding in the Ola Superfactory.
Ola Electric scooter catches fire on Pune. Reason unknown.
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Reacting to the incident, Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal stated in a tweet: “Safety is top priority. We’re investigating this and will fix it.” In an in depth assertion on Twitter, the Bengaluru-based firm acknowledged: “We are aware of an incident in Pune that happened with one of our scooters in Pune and are investigating to understand the root cause and will share updates in the next few days.”
Ola Electric has been on the receiving finish of social media ever because the announcement of electric scooters was made. Firstly, lots of people criticized Ola’s enterprise mannequin to open bookings at simply Rs 499. Later, its supply was delayed a number of occasions.
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Many scooter patrons are additionally involved in regards to the high quality and battery vary of the S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters. This is the primary security-associated incident reported because the firm began deliveries of the electric scooter.
The firm additional stated it’s continuously in contact with the client “who is absolutely safe”. Asserting that automobile security is of paramount significance for it, Ola Electric stated, “We take this one incident seriously and will take appropriate action and share more in coming days.”
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