Ola Electric says it is not the scooter’s fault in the Guwahati accident

Ola in its statement said the rider was speeding at the time of the accident and lost control due to panic braking.

In a recent incident, an Ola Electric S1 Pro rider was hospitalized after a claimed fault in the regenerative braking system, which saw the scooter accelerate instead of accelerating when the speed breaker approached . The incident was shared on Twitter by scooter owner Balwant Singh, whose son was involved in the accident. According to the tweet, his son suffered a fracture in his left hand and 16 stitches in his right hand. The incident first came to light on April 15 when Singh claimed that instead of applying brakes on the speed breaker, the scooter accelerated and later went into the air, crashed and skid, injuring his son. . The accident happened on 26 March.

Ola Electric has now issued a statement saying that as per its investigation, it was not the fault of its scooter in the incident.

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The company said in a statement, “We conducted a thorough investigation into the accident, and the data clearly shows that the rider had been speeding throughout the night and applied the brakes in panic, causing the vehicle to lose control. Nothing in the vehicle Not wrong.”

Showing graphical data of the last about 30 minutes of the accident ride recorded by the scooter, the company said that the rider was colliding at a speed exceeding 115 kmph.

At the time of the accident, the scooter recorded a top speed of 80 kmph, when all three brakes applied – front, rear and regenerative – slowed the scooter to 0 kmph in 3 seconds, the company said. The company clarified that there was no sudden increase in acceleration after braking. The company said that as per the onboard sensors of the scooter, it later fell on its right side.

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In recent months, several complaints and incidents have surfaced on social media and news regarding Ola’s electric scooters. Some of the claims and allegations regarding the Ola S1 electric scooter range include performance and quality issues, from the recent fire in Pune, from inconsistent panel gaps to issues with the motor where it was either stuck or without warning. was shifted in reverse.

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