Ola Electric defers purchase window for electric S1 scooters' bookings to December 16

Ola Electric has deferred the purchase window for new orders of its electric Ola S1 scooters to December 16 from November 1, a date that was announced earlier.

Ola Electric tweeted: "After reserving for 499, a purchase window for you will open & you'll be notified via SMS, email & a push notification. Post which you will receive a delivery window & then the remainder payment will need to be made. The next purchase window opens on 16th December."

Ola Electric launched its first e-scooter range in India on August 15. The first booking window was opened on September 15. The company had initially planned to reopen bookings from November 1, but has now pushed it to mid-December.

Earlier, the electric scooters sale was supposed to go online on 8th September at 6 pm. However, it got intruded because of some technical glitches. Later, the CEO shared an information via a letter on Twitter.  

He wrote: “We had committed to start purchases today for our Ola S1 scooter. But unfortunately, we have had many technical difficulties in making our website for purchases live today. I want to apologise to all of you, who had to wait for several hours. The website was just not up to our expectations on quality. I know we disappointed you and l sincerely apologise to each of you for what was clearly a very frustrating experience.”

Similarly, Ola Electric shared that the delivery will be made on first serve, first reserved basis! The company is also providing an EMI plan starting at Rs 2,999.

The Ola electric scooter launched in two variants – Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro on 15th August. The company will start delivering across 1,000 cities and towns in October this year.

Hi, After reserving for 499, a purchase window for you will open & you'll be notified via SMS, email & a push notification. Post which you will receive a delivery window & then the remainder payment will need to be made. The next purchase window opens on 16th December

— Ola Electric (@OlaElectric) November 1, 2021

The Ola electric price starts at Rs 99,999, and the S1 Pro starts at Rs 1,29,999. In states with active subsidy grants, the Ola S1 will be much more affordable than many petrol scooters. After state subsidy in Delhi, the S1 would cost just Rs 85,099, whereas in Gujarat it would be only Rs 79,999.

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The reservation and position in the purchase queue will not change as it is made on first serve, first reserved basis! “Our delivery dates also remain unchanged,” he mentioned.

The e-scooter can be booked easily and exclusively on the Ola App.  

In the beginning of this week, the e-scooter maker tied up with Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDFC First Bank, IndusInd Bank, AU Small Finance Bank, Jana Small Finance Bank, Kotak Mahindra Prime, TATA Capital and YES Bank for providing easy loans to customers for its S1 electric scooter.

It recently announced that the Futurefactory will be run entirely by women. Futurefactory will employ over 10,000 women, making it the world’s largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally. Ola to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities for women across the board, it has mentioned.

The company has claimed that the factory has advanced AI works continuously across all stages of manufacturing to optimise operations. Over 3000 AI-driven robots help ensure everything is built with surgical precision. It will also speed up the e-scooters' deliveries with its Futurefactory. Ola Futurefactory is an integrated facility with manufacturing, battery as well as supplier parks ensuring over 90 per cent of parts are localised and in close proximity.