Bengaluru-based manufacturer of electric vehicles, Ola Electric, has started testing its electric scooter and it will be soon launched commercially.
This electric scooter is expected to compete in the rapidly growing Indian electric two-wheeler market.
The electric scooter is being tested on tracks camouflaged in black and white . As per the reports, the scooter can go up to 100 kmph speed and have a range of 100 km in a single charge.
The Ola scooter looks very similar to the Etergo AppScooter and it even gets the same unusual single telescopic front suspension. It is likely that we will get an updated version of this Etergo scooter, with changes made for our riding environment and also to keep costs low.
“The company has begun testing of its soon-to-be-launched scooter with in-house focus groups as well as in customer groups. While pitting it against other conventional and electric variants in the market, the Ola scooter outperformed them consistently”, an Ola Spokesperson said.
As the company looks to tap the 20-million units two-wheeler market in India,
The e-scooter is expected to be priced competitively against the current petrol scooters. The company has planned an investment of INR 2400 cr to set-up a manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu to manufacture these electric scooters.
Ola Electric has also planned to set up extensive charging and swapping networks around the country and is currently running several pilots to deploy electric vehicles and charging solutions across cities with a focus on two and three-wheelers.
The Ola Electric scooter launch in India is likely to happen in the second half of 2021. The most obvious rivals will be EVs like the Ather 450X, the Bajaj Chetak and the TVS iQube, but Ola is going to be targeting popular existing petrol powered scooters as well by keeping the price low. The pricing is expected to be highly competitive because Ola intends on hitting a massive level of scale for this operation.
The company also plans to hire 2000 people.
