@bhash @OlaElectric I had purchased new Ola S1 Pro. On 26th March 2022 my son had an accident due to fault in regen… https://t.co/IY0eDbd4Ym
— BALWANT SINGH (@BALWANT1962) 1650019142000
On April 15, the rider’s father wrote on Twitter that the scooter accelerated when the rider tried to brake, leading to the accident.
Balwant Singh said his son had to be hospitalised on March 26 and had fractures in his left hand and 16 stitches on the right “due to fault in Ola S1 Pro.”
Our statement on the Guwahati scooter accident https://t.co/LbwDLXNh3P
— Ola Electric (@OlaElectric) 1650606099000
In a statement on Twitter, Ola Electric said the “rider was over-speeding” and that “he braked in panic, thereby losing control of the vehicle. There is nothing wrong with the vehicle.”
The company cited data it was able to collect from the electric scooter. It said the scooter’s operating system tracks various vehicle sensor data, which it receives in real time over the internet.
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