Ola Electric Fire Incident: The new startup company Ola, after achieving its position in the market very fast, is now facing problems with its electric scooter. This is because an OLA S1 Pro electric scooter recently caught fire in Pune. This video soon became popular on social media. In the video, it can be seen how smoke is coming out of Ola and firefighters are seen working hard.
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Reason for using Ola Electric today
The Municipal Corporation says that the reason for the fire in the OLA S1 Pro electric scooter could be a fault in its battery pack. It can be seen in the video that smoke is seen coming out from the battery pack area. And members of the fire brigade are seen pouring solutions on the fire to control it. The good thing is that no one has suffered any loss. However, the scooter’s sorrow is gone.
Investigation of the Ola Electric Fire Incident
However, after this incident, people requested the company to investigate the incident and improve the build quality of the vehicle. So that such an incident never occurs again. However, the company has also reacted after this incident. Following an examination of the scooter, the business issued an official statement stating that external parts had been put in the scooter.
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Due to this S1 Pro caught fire. According to the investigation, the parts that caught fire were not the Ethnotics parts of Ola, due to which a short circuit occurred and the fire broke out. Its battery, on the other hand, is secure and functional.
Ola Electric requested customers
Ola has officially issued a statement requesting customers to use only service centre parts to replace parts of their electric vehicles. And install it only through an authorized service centre.
Apart from this, you should purchase any type of accessories from the service centre only. The company says that the accessories available in the after-market electric equipment are different from the authorized equipment, due to which the chances of short circuit increase and such incidents may occur in future.
Ola Electric Specifications
In the Indian market, the OLA S1 Pro Gen 2 costs Rs 1.60 lakh (On Road Delhi). It is available in only one variant and with five colour options. A powerful 5000-watt motor has been put into it. Which reaches a maximum range of 195 kilometres and a maximum speed of 120 kilometres per hour. The total weight of OLA S1 Pro Gen 2 is 160 kg. It takes a total of 6.5 hours to charge its battery.
Ola Electric Features
The Ola Electric S1 Pro Gen 2 has three riding modes (Normal, Sport, and Hyper). And in its safety features, you get safety features like a hill-hold system, cruise control, and voice assist. In its features list, modern features like a fully digital instrument cluster, smartphone connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, voice assist navigation system, anti-thief alert, geo facing, side stand alert, call alert, message alert, music control, and battery lining are available.
Conclusion
A possible battery fault in the scooter’s battery pack caused some smoke, which was later quenched by firefighters. Luckily, no one was hurt during it. Ola reacted by carrying out investigations into what had occurred and explaining that it was the faulty use of outside components different from their original design.
They encouraged customers to use original service center spare parts instead of aftermarket accessories, to minimize the chances of such incidents occurring in the future. The second generation of Ola S1 Pro Gen 2 scooters is available in the Indian market with many unique features and specs for prospective buyers.