India based electric scooter maker, Ola Electric has said that “It has started a pan India test ride for Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro electric scooters customers.”
“Customers in over 1000 cities and towns will be able to test ride and experience the Ola S1 electric scooter. The test rides will be initially open only for those who have purchased or reserved the Ola S1 and S1 Pro scooters,” Ola Electric in its statement said.
Ola kicked off test rides in Bangalore, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata on the 10th of November and then opened up 5 more cities – Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, and Pune on 19th November. It is now planning to add more locations to ensure all customers have access to test rides by December 15th.
Speaking on the development, Arun Sirdeshmukh, Chief Business Officer at Ola Electric said, “Customer response to our test riders has been phenomenally positive and we are thrilled to see their excitement for the revolutionary Ola S1 scooter. Thousands of customers are taking test rides every day and loving the best in class design, performance, technology, and ride quality the Ola S1 delivers.”
“We are scaling test rides up rapidly in the coming weeks and will be covering over 1000 cities and towns across India to ensure every customer has access to test rides by mid-December. This is the fastest national scale-up of test rides ever and a revolution in automotive retail made possible by our direct-to-consumer model,” he added.
Ola also announced to commence its test rides in 11 more cities including Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Tiruppur, Jaipur, and Nagpur from 27th November.
The Ola S1 range of scooters comes in 10 stunning colors, a fluid design, a massive 36L boot space that fits 2 helmets, incredible performance of 0-40 Kmph in just 3 seconds, top speed of 115 Kmph, and a class-leading range of 181 Kilometers for the S1 Pro. With mono-shock, front and rear disc brakes, and the widest tires in the category, they also provide fantastic ride quality.
The scooters are being manufactured in India at the Ola Futurefactory.