NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, JULY 17
Ola on Saturday announced that its electric scooter received an overwhelming response from the public and record breaking 100,000 bookings within the first 24 hours, making it the most pre-booked scooter in the world, according to a statement from the company.
Ola Electric opened the reservation for its electric scooter in the evening of July 15. The revolutionary Ola Scooter can be reserved for Rs. 499 via olaelectric.com. The company has received unprecedented response from customers who continue to throng the website to book the scooter in record numbers.
Bhavish Aggarwal, Chairman and Group CEO, Ola said ‘I am thrilled by the tremendous response from customers across India for our first electric vehicle. The unprecedented demand is a clear indicator of shifting consumer preferences to EVs. This is a huge step forward in our mission to transition the world to sustainable mobility. I thank all the consumers who have booked the Ola Scooter and have joined the EV revolution. This is only the beginning!”
The Ola Scooter is a revolutionary product from Ola Electric, with class leading speed, unprecedented range, the biggest boot space as well as advanced technology that make it the best scooter customers can buy. It will be priced aggressively to make it widely accessible. Ola will reveal the features and price in the coming days.
The Ola Scooter will be made-in-India for the world, to be manufactured at the company’s state-of-the-art Future factory, the world’s largest, most advanced and greenest two-wheeler factory, being built in Tamil Nadu. The first phase of the Ola Future factory is nearing completion and will be operationalised soon, while the full capacity of 10 million vehicles per annum will be built by next year, the release added.
