Ola Electric will open 500 experience centers across India in March this year to find ways to be closer to consumers, company founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said on Thursday.
The company currently has 200 experience centers nationwide and is also planning to bring e-bikes to the market.
Ola experience centers help consumers discover and purchase vehicles and get them serviced.
“Currently, 80% of our customers are within a 20km radius of the Ola experience center and by March we will open 500 centers to be as close to you (the customer) as possible,” he said in a statement. a virtual address for new product launches.
Ola Electric introduces a lower variant of the S1 electric car priced at $99,999, and announced the entire lineup for the S1 Air model with three different battery capacities starting at $84,999.
Aggarwal said that based on customer feedback, the company is introducing a lower-end variant of the S1 with a 2kWh battery capacity and a range of 91 km along with a top speed of 90 km/h (kmph). . It’s time $99,999.
This will complement the existing S1 which has a 3kWh battery capacity with a range of 141 km and a top speed of 95 km/h, and the S1 Pro with a 4kWh battery capacity with a range of 181 km and a top speed. 116 km/h. .
Regarding the S1 Air lineup, he said that the company initially announced the model would be powered by a 2.5KWh battery pack, but it has now decided to offer 2 kWh, 3kWh and battery pack options. The same 4kWh.
The S1 Air with a 2kWh battery capacity has a range of 85 km and a top speed of 85 km/h, while the 3kWh and 4 kWh variants will have a range of 125 km and 165 km, respectively. These things have a price $84,999, $99,999 and $1,09,999 respectively.
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While the new S1 variant can be purchased immediately with the 2kWh option, all S1 Air variants can be pre-ordered from Thursday at a price $999 and deliveries will begin in July.
Aggarwal said deliveries of the S1 Air had to be pushed back by three months to accommodate the three new variants.
He added that customers who ordered the 2.5 kWh variant launched last year will get a free upgrade to the 3kWh option.
Ola Electric also teased its upcoming electric bike, but Aggarwal did not share product details.
First published date: February 10, 2023, 08:31 AM IST
