Revolution on Wheels: Unveiling the All-New Ola Electric Scooter - Specs, Features, and Launch Updates

Ola Electric is currently India’s largest EV manufacturer. The company is playing a crucial role in India’s journey towards becoming a global EV hub. Ola’s S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters have cultivated a huge fan base.These electric scooters are well known for their practicality, great value for money, reliable performance, and uber-cool design.

Official Statement by Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola

OLA electrics upcoming electric scooter is different from the models it sells currently.Very few details about the upcoming scooter is known at this point.Ola Electric launched teaser of this electric scooter as part of its #endICEAge show.Bhavish aggarwal founder and CEO at OLD electric tweeted “announcing our next product event in July.calling it the endICEAge show Part 1.Part 1 Of the show would end ICE age in scooters.With S1pro,S1 air and may be one more thing. Announcing the same, Bhavish Aggarwal today dropped a teaser of the upcoming EV.The teaser video shows dozens of Ola electric scooters putting up a scintillating light show which is synchronised with music.The video shows dozens of Ola electric scooters with new eye-catching MoveOS 4.While sharing the terrific video, Mr Aggarwal wrote, “Do you all want this feature in MoveOS 4? After party mode, now Concert mode!! Coming soon. The video was shot at the FutureFactory!”

Highlights of teaser

Teaser showcases a small windscreen mounted atop headlight housing

More details of the product to be revealed in July

Deliveries of Ola S1 air to commence from July onwards

Ola electric will be announcing service subscription plan next week.

Users take on new teaser

Users have praised Ola for coming up with such innovative ideas for their electric scooters.

One user wrote, “Nicely done. Such features are indeed exciting. But please ensure that with MoveOS 4, we get all the features as promised at the time of launch.”

Ola Electric Scooter Move OS 3 new added features

Scooter sharing feature

Vintage display

Lock unlock through cell phone

Fake exhaust sound option included

Inbuilt speakers and lights for party mode.Lights will sync as per music.

Hyper mode

Vacation mode to save battery life

HMI

Auto reply for calls

Ola’s new helmet detection system

Ola Electric is also reportedly working on a new helmet detection system. According to a report by Autocar India, the feature will use a camera to detect whether the rider is wearing a helmet or not. The information, then will be shared with the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) which will then be relayed to the Motor Control Unit (MCU). The MCU unit will further decide whether the vehicle will switch to Ride mode or not.

Explain how the feature will work, the report says that if the vehicle is in Ride mode and the system detects that the rider is not wearing a helmet, the e-scooter will automatically switch to Park mode. Further, a notification will be sent on the dashboard reminding the user to wear a helmet.“Only if the system is able to detect that the rider is wearing a helmet, will the VCU allow the electric scooter/bike to switch to Ride mode, and it will then continue monitoring the rider," the report adds.

Ola’s existing line up of scooters

OLA’s existing scooters include S1,S1pro ,S1 air.

After reduction in subsidies under FAMEII scheme,the prices of ola electric scooters will start from 1.10 lakh for the S1air,1.30 Lakh for S1 ,1.40 Lakh for S1 PRO.In terms of numbers, Ola Electric managed to sell 28,469 units of the Ola S1 range of electric scooters in May 2023. These numbers make the Ola S1 range of electric scooters the fourth best-selling scooter range behind the likes of Honda Activa, TVS Jupiter and Suzuki Access.

Ola is also gearing up to roll out a cheaper electric scooter,named the S1 air for which the brand opened booking in 2022.Ola also said that S1 air would be available with three battery pack option, but following the changes made to the subsidy structure for electric two wheelers under FAME-II scheme,the brand has dropped the 2kWh and 4kWh battery options for the S1 air.