Ola Electric’s electric scooters face a further delay, global chip shortages the main cause.
- ByStartupStory | November 22, 2021
Ola Electric has further pushed back delivery timelines for its highly anticipated S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters, informing customers who have already booked the vehicles that it would begin deliveries only in the second half of December owing to the global chip and electronics shortages.
The company had kept the waiting customers engaged, saying it would begin deliveries of its scooters later in November. This was already a month behind the delivery schedule that Ola Electric had indicated to prospective buyers when it opened up a two-day window for bookings in mid-September.
Ola Electric said in an email to a customer, “Due to the ongoing global shortage of chipsets and electronic parts, there are some unavoidable delays to your Ola S1 delivery,”. An apology for this delay and assurance that production is going as fast as possible was provided to customers.
An Ola Electric spokesperson confirmed that the company has informed customers of the delay in deliveries, attributing it to the global chip shortages that have plagued several original equipment manufacturers in India as well as globally.
The earliest delivery timelines for the S1 and S1 Pro will now be Dec. 15-31, even as the company drums up more hype around its vehicles, offering test rides in nine cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi and promising to expand availability of test rides to customers in 1,000 cities by Dec. 15.
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