<ul><li>Ola Electric has asked <keyword id="216568" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="balwant-singh" source="Orion">Balwant Singh</keyword>, a man who has accused the company of his son’s accident, to remove all negative posts against the company.</li><li>Singh’s son met with an accident while riding Ola Electric’s S1 Pro in Guwahati in April 2022.</li><li>A Jodhpur man flagged a software bug in Ola Electric after his 65-year-old father suffered a severe head injury in an accident.</li></ul>Ola Electric has asked Balwant Singh, a customer who has accused the scooter maker of his son’s accident, to remove all negative posts against the company in the next 24 hours. The company has also asked Singh to refrain from making any “defamatory posts” against Ola Electric on social media. This came as a response to the legal notice sent by Singh to Ola Electric. Singh’s son met with an accident while riding Ola Electric’s S1 Pro in Guwahati in April 2022. Singh alleged that the accident was caused due to fault in regenerative braking, which increased the spread of the scooter instead of slowing it down on a speed breaker. Ola alleged that the accident was a result of overspeeding and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ola-s1-pro-guwahati-accident-ola-alleges-the-victim-was-overspeeding-and-braked-in-panic-leading-to-the-accident/articleshow/91001402.cms">backed their claims</a> with the user’s telemetry data on social media. Singh, in response, sent a legal notice to the company for publishing his scooter’s telemetry data in public. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Image"><cdata><![CDATA[<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">My notice to <a href="https://twitter.com/OlaElectric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OlaElectric</a> to immediately take down my telemetry data which they have published in public without my consent violating privacy laws &amp; the graphs whose authenticity has not been verified by me/ law agencies. Failure to do so, I will take legal action against <a href="https://twitter.com/bhash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bhash</a> <a href="https://t.co/9r3yF6zYOx">pic.twitter.com/9r3yF6zYOx</a>&mdash; BALWANT SINGH (@BALWANT1962) <a href="https://twitter.com/BALWANT1962/status/1517880025907097603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>]]></cdata></div> Singh isn’t the only one who has raised concerns over Ola Electric scooter’s technology. Last month, an <keyword id="12097669" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola-electric-s1-pro" source="Orion">Ola Electric S1 Pro</keyword> owner in Tamil Nadu set his scooter on fire reportedly due to inadequate performance and erratic range of the electric scooter. Read More: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ola-may-be-rushing-into-electric-cars-when-scooters-continue-to-underperform/articleshow/91141264.cms">Is Ola hurrying into its electric car dream?</a> Earlier today (May 12), a Jodhpur man flagged a software bug in Ola Electric after his 65-year-old father suffered a severe head injury in an accident while parking his scooter in his house. He alleged that the bug is causing Ola Electric bikes to go in reverse mode at full speed. “He was only taking the scooter from outside the house to park inside. He has banged his head on a wall with almost the skull open (with 10 stitches now) and broken his left arm which would have to be operated with 2 plates inserted.” Pallav Maheshwari <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6930036236388564992/">wrote </a>in a LinkedIn post. <div type="image" title="Ola asks the man who sued the company to remove all negative posts against it, while another 65-year-old customer &amp;#39;severely injured’" msid="91513877" hostid="261"></div> There have been multiple issues raised against Ola Electric. So much so that the company was forced to recall 1,441 of its scooters for inspections and run another set of diagnostics tests on battery, thermal, and safety systems. Business Insider has reached out to Ola Electric seeking further clarification on this issue. SEE ALSO <a class="tout-title-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/at-least-16-top-executives-have-left-ola-in-the-last-two-years/articleshow/91510221.cms">At least 16 top executives have left Ola in the last two years</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/delhivery-ipo-company-review-in-10-points-before-applying-for-the-ipo/slidelist/91508172.cms">Delhivery IPO: Company review in 10 points before applying for the IPO</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-i/o-2022-pixel-6a-pixel-watch-pixel-buds-pro-pixel-7-teaser-and-everything-announced-in-event/slidelist/91508460.cms">Pixel 6a, Pixel Watch, Pixel Buds Pro, Pixel 7 teaser and everything announced at Google I/O 2022</a>

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<ul><li>The <keyword id="11908705" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola-S1-Pro" source="Orion">Ola S1 Pro</keyword> has been in the news for several wrong reasons – the most prominent being fires. </li><li><keyword id="6354720" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="ola" source="Orion">Ola</keyword>’s first electric scooter has also been in the news for reports of a few incidents of scooter malfunctioning, leading to either scooter damage or accidents. </li><li>The latest incident is from Guwahati, where an Ola S1 Pro rider endured fractures and over a dozen stitches. </li></ul>Ola S1 Pro, the first electric scooter from Ola, has been under fire – quite literally – for several <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/electric-scooters-are-catching-fire-in-india-should-users-be-worried/articleshow/90496840.cms">fires and other incidents</a> involving the scooter. Now, the company has come back with an investigation report into the <keyword id="13676526" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola-s1-pro-guwahati" source="Orion">Ola S1 Pro Guwahati</keyword> incident. According to the findings of Ola’s investigation, the victim was apparently ‘overspeeding’ and ‘braked in panic’, leading to the accident. The company revealed its findings in a statement on Twitter, highlighting that the victim had been overspeeding for nearly 30 minutes, touching a top speed of 115 kilometres per hour (kmph). It is worth pointing out that this is the top rated speed of the Ola S1 Pro. <div type="twitter" handle="OlaElectric" handlename="Ola Electric" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1133306333728391168/_EUsXP_o_normal.png" favoritecount="1310" retweetcount="173" status="Our statement on the Guwahati scooter accident https://t.co/LbwDLXNh3P" createdat="1650606099000" id="1517378075972890624"></div> According to Ola, the rider in this case had three different overspeeding sessions – during the first two, he travelled 11 kilometres. The accident occurred during the third session – the victim was apparently riding with the Hyper mode enabled, reaching a top speed of 95 kmph. During the third session, the rider, as per Ola, panicked, hitting all the three brakes – front, rear, and the regenerative one wherein the throttle is reversed. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="90981138" title="Niti Aayog’s draft battery swapping policy for EVs explained – key recommendations and what it means" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Here’s where Ola and the victim’s father differ – according to the company, the Ola S1 Pro did not malfunction, as there was no sudden torque or acceleration observed during the investigation. But the victim’s father, Balwant Singh, has alleged that there was a fault in regenerative braking, wherein instead of slowing down, the Ola S1 Pro accelerated to the extent that it caused an accident. <div type="twitter" handle="BALWANT1962" handlename="BALWANT SINGH" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1515254381746475011/Yk3FGbmc_normal.jpg" favoritecount="1235" retweetcount="781" status="@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" createdat="1650019142000" id="1514916199674822670"></div> Singh also states that the S1 Pro went ‘airborne’, eventually crashing and skidding. His son ended up with a fracture in his left hand and 16 stitches on the right hand, after being flown from Guwahati to Mumbai for the treatment. Business Insider has reached out to Balwant Singh seeking more details and clarity into the matter. We have not yet received any response. We will update this story if and when Singh responds. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/here-are-the-auto-companies-that-have-exited-the-indian-market-in-the-last-five-years/slidelist/90999115.cms">From Datsun, Harley to Ford, these eight major auto companies exited India in the last five years</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/government-to-take-action-against-defaulting-ev-firms-in-e-scooter-fire-accidents-says-nitin-gadkari/articleshow/90984438.cms">Government to take action against defaulting EV firms in e-scooter fire accidents, says Nitin Gadkari</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/a-container-truck-carrying-40-electric-scooters-reportedly-caught-on-fire/articleshow/90780012.cms">In another setback for electric vehicles, a container truck carrying 40 scooters catches fire</a>

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In yet another tragic incident involving <keyword id="4393078" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ola-electric" source="Orion">Ola Electric</keyword> Scooter, a user has claimed that his <keyword id="11908705" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola-s1-pro" source="Orion">Ola S1 Pro</keyword>'s front suspension broke down while riding. On the microblogging site Twitter, Sreenadh Menon requested the company for a replacement of the vehicle. "The front fork is breaking even in small speed driving and it is a serious and dangerous thing we are facing now, we would like to request that we need a replacement or design change on that part and save our life from a road accident due to poor material used," Menon wrote. Many other users too joined him with countless stories of quality issues, breakdowns and poor after-sales experiences on the same thread. "This is a misery that happened to me. The front fork collapsed while hitting a wall at a speed of 25kmph in eco mode along an uphill side," another user wrote. "Similar issue happened to some other customers on the plain road also. Take this as a serious and most urgent problem and resolve it soon," he added. <keyword id="6354720" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="ola" source="Orion">Ola</keyword> Electric was yet to address the new incident. Meanwhile, recently, a 65-year-old man in Jodhpur suffered serious injuries after the Ola e-scooter unexpectedly went into a reverse mode at full speed. Pallav Maheshwari, who is the son of the victim and returned to India last year and was 'ecstatic' about the country's EV revolution, posted on LinkedIn that his father suffered serious injuries in the incident. Several Ola Electric customers have complained about the reverse mode accelerator glitch in the past. Balwant Singh from Guwahati tweeted last month that his son met with an accident "due to fault in regenerative braking were on a speed breaker instead of slowing, the scooter accelerated, sending so much torque that he had an accident". Ola Electric had said it did a thorough investigation of the accident and the "data clearly shows that the rider was over-speeding throughout the night and that he braked in a panic, thereby losing control of the vehicle. There was nothing wrong with the vehicle". SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ambassador-maker-hindustan-motors-looking-to-make-a-comeback-with-electric-vehicles/articleshow/91789649.cms">Ambassador era relic Hindustan Motors looking to make a comeback with electric vehicles</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ather-450x-tvs-iqube-st-ola-s1-pro-and-other-electric-scooters-to-buy-in-india-in-2022/slidelist/91741854.cms">Ather 450X, TVS iQube ST, Ola S1 Pro and other electric scooters to buy in India in 2022</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/government-admits-it-made-a-mistake-asks-ev-industry-to-ensure-product-quality-of-vehicles/articleshow/91682746.cms">Government admits it made a mistake by not taking steps to ensure the safety and quality of electric vehicles which resulted in several fire incidents in India</a>

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<ul><li>An <keyword id="4393078" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola-electric" source="Orion">Ola Electric</keyword> S1 Pro owner in Tamil Nadu set his scooter on fire reportedly due to inadequate performance and erratic range of the electric scooter.</li><li>The company was forced to recall 1,441 of its scooters for inspections and run another set of diagnostics tests.</li><li><keyword id="6354720" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola" source="Orion">Ola</keyword> is looking to go public this fiscal year and has already raised over half a billion dollars in a pre-IPO round.</li></ul>Things haven’t been going great for Ola Electric or its customers. Earlier this week, an Ola Electric S1 Pro owner in Tamil Nadu set his scooter on fire reportedly due to inadequate performance and erratic range of the electric scooter. This is only one example. Several Ola Electric customers have reported several technical glitches with the electric scooter and have raised these concerns over Twitter, tagging the company’s chief executive officer <keyword id="1543567" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhavish-Aggarwal" source="Orion">Bhavish Aggarwal</keyword>. Last week, a gentleman named Balwant Singh from Guwahati blamed Ola Electric’s faulty technology for son’s serious road accident. Singh noted that his son met with an accident due to fault in regenerative braking, which increased the spread of the scooter instead of slowing it down on a speed breaker. Ola alleged that the accident was a result of overspeeding and<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ola-s1-pro-guwahati-accident-ola-alleges-the-victim-was-overspeeding-and-braked-in-panic-leading-to-the-accident/articleshow/91001402.cms"> backed their claims</a> with the user’s telemetry data on social media. Whatever the situation may be here, there have been several other customers who have raised red flags over Ola Electric scooter’s technology. So much so that the company was forced to recall 1,441 of its scooters for inspections and run another set of diagnostics tests on battery, thermal, and safety systems. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Building tech, maturity and valuation all in one go" comment="subhead" text="Building tech, maturity and valuation all in one go">Building tech, maturity and valuation all in one go</cmsannotation> Technical glitches are not something new. Even Tata Nano – heralded as ‘world’s cheapest car’ in 2008 – was subjected to such issues during its initial days. The bigger problem seems to be Ola Electric’s point black focus on electric cars when it hasn’t spent enough time in perfecting its initial electric scooters technology. The company has already made elaborate plans to invest $100 million in setting up a new advanced engineering and vehicle design centre called<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ola-electric-plans-to-hire-200-automotive-engineers-designer-for-its-uk-center/articleshow/89157318.cms"> ‘Futurefoundry’ in the United Kingdom</a> (UK) over the next five years. The whole Ola electric car ecosystem would include design and engineering teams based at Ola Campus in Bengaluru. CEO Aggarwal also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ola-electric-to-accelerate-new-projects-including-electric-car-focus-on-tech-ceo-bhavish-aggarwal/articleshow/90821900.cms">stepped away</a> from day-to-day operations at Ola to focus on car, cell, gigafactory and other aspects of the company. <div type="ExtQuote" text="“It is important to have focus especially if you are a hardware company. It takes generations to build hardware products, especially on the auto side, so you can say that Suzuki must have been making motorcycles for God knows how many years before they upgraded to making cars. In fact they started by making outdoor motors for motorboats.Then they used that technology knowhow to make motorcycles and then they grew that capability and then they got into cars. They are still focusing on small cars.”" auname="Kunal Khattar, founding partner of Mobility first Founders Fund, told Business Insider."></div> He noted that this seems like a way for Ola trying to justify the valuation that it has received in a short period of time by expanding its total addressable market (TAM). “Prioritising valuation over everything else, which in the short term is okay. But in the long term, if you want to be a serious OEM [original equipment manufacturer] player, you want to choose either quality, design or performance,” he emphasised. Notably, ANI Technologies — the parent company of Ola and Ola Electric — is looking to go public this fiscal year and has already raised over<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ola-app-raises-500-million-from-temasek-and-warburg-ahead-of-ipo/articleshow/84261607.cms"> half a billion dollars</a> in a pre-IPO round. It is also important to note that Ola’s similar hustle was first witnessed while it was entering the electric scooter game. The company started delivery of its electric scooters within the six months of the launch of its scooter production facility, which is the world’s biggest electric scooter factory and<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ola-electric-scooter-factory-will-be-run-only-by-women-says-ceo-bhavish-aggarwal/articleshow/86161861.cms"> completely run by women</a>. While the move does seem premature, some believe that the move is rather timely. “Ola Electric’s move towards entering the autonomous driving vehicle segment through their electric car is a major step and will help India make its mark on the EV roadmap globally, provided Ola is able to achieve their global ambitions. Given Tesla took approximately 8 years to perfect the design of its electric car, I feel Bhavish Aggarwal’s move towards getting kick-started on Ola’s electric car is rather timely and will play a major role in “Built in India. For the World” strategy that we are seeing panning out among Indian startups these days,” Shahan Sud, an investment professional at Indian Angel Network, noted. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Will Ola be able to sell electric cars with such incidents coming to light?" comment="subhead" text="Will Ola be able to sell electric cars with such incidents coming to light?">Will Ola be able to sell electric cars with such incidents coming to light?</cmsannotation> Khattar noted that there have only been a couple of incidents and it is important to understand what went wrong in those cases, whether it was the user defect, hardware defect or software defect. “Couple of incidents like this doesn’t mean that the OEM is making sub-standard things and has taken shortcuts in quality and this and that. I think it is important to understand incidents like these happen with all manufacturers, all fuel types. 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(Eds: Adding details) Bhubaneswar, Jun 17 () Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,338 on Wednesday as 175 more people, including 21 disaster response personnel, tested positive for the disease, a health department official said. The day also registered the number of recoveries crossing the 3,000 mark as 73 patients were declared cured of coronavirus. The total number of recoveries now stand at 3,047 which is 70.23 per cent of the total cases. Of the 175 fresh cases, 145 were reported from different quarantine centres where people returning from other states are housed, while the remaining 30 infections were found during contact tracing, he said. The new cases include 21 personnel of the Odisha Police Fire Service. They were placed under institutional quarantine upon their return from West Bengal where they were sent for restoration work following cyclone Amphan, the official said. The number of disaster response personnel infected with the disease has now increased to 195. As many as 174 personnel of the NDRF, the ODRAF and the Fire Service had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 in different phases, he said. The new cases also include seven railway employees who returned from New Delhi, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said, adding that the number of COVID-19 cases in the state capital has increased to 149. Meanwhile, the Puri district administration on Wednesday notified containment zones, after a lawyer and another person in the Puri civil court tested positive for COVID-19. Three accused persons who were produced in the court also tested positive for the virus, Puri district collector Balwant Singh said. Of the total 4,338 COVID-19 cases, 1,277 are active while 3,047 people have recovered. Eleven people have died of the disease so far while three patients who had contracted the virus have died due to other ailments, the official said. The state on Tuesday tested 2,971 samples taking the cumulative tests figure to 2,08,427. Half of the 30 districts in the state have reported more than 100 cases each, of which four have registered more than 300 cases each -- Ganjam (698), Cuttack (541), Khurda (394) and Jajpur (341). Meanwhile, the state government on Wednesday announced a change in its strategy to deal with the pandemic and decided to set up Corona Care Homes in all the 6,798 gram panchayats for treatment of people with flu symptoms. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also announced setting up of ward-level committees to monitor the COVID situation in both rural and urban areas. AAM RG RDM RDM

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Puri, Jul 1 () The Lord Jagannath's 'Bahuda Jatra' -- the return car festival -- began on Wednesday in the absence of devotees, and amid tight security and curfew, as the seaside pilgrim town virtually shutdown to prevent gatherings in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the divine siblings -- Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and their sister Devi Subhadra -- embarked on their return journey back to the 12th-century shrine, the administration appealed people to stay home and watch the rituals on TV. The world famous Rath Yatra, which commenced on June 23, is being held sans public attendance as the Supreme Court had on June 22 allowed it, only in Puri, and with condition that a limited number of servitors will participate and there would be no congregation. The three deities end their annual nine-day sojourn to Sri Gundicha Temple, their birth place, and are now returning to Sreemandir or Shri Jagannath temple on three majestic wooden chariots during 'Bahuda Jatra'. The Grand Road between the Shree Gundicha Temple and the main shrine, the abode of the celestial siblings, which hosts lakhs of devotees from across the country and abroad during the historic car festival every year, wore an empty look this year. Puri District Collector Balwant Singh said all arrangements have been made in compliance with the Supreme Court's order on conduct of the Rath Yatra. "Devotees are not allowed on the Grand Road. All entry points to Puri town have been sealed and the devotees are requested to stay home and watch the Bahuda Jatra on television," Singh said. Over 5,500 people, including servitors, police personnel and temple officials had undergone COVID-19 tests and only those who tested negative for the virus were allowed to discharge their duties and participate in chariot pulling during the Bahuda Jatra, he said. All the servitors engaged in the Bahuda Jatra have tested negative for COVID-19, said Krishan Kumar, the Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). Ahead of the return car festival, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had reviewed the preparations and asked the Puri administration to take all measures to ensure a hassle- free Bahuda Jatra. He had also said the apex court's directives must be complied with and only COVID-19 negative people be engaged in the rituals. Over 70 platoons of force (each comprising around 33 personnel) have been deployed and barricades erected at several locations to prevent congregation of people. Barricades have been set up in lanes and by-lanes leading to the Grand Road to prevent people from proceeding there. Curfew which came into force at 10 PM on Tuesday will continue till 10 PM of Thursday, July 2, said Additional Director General of Police, Soumendra Priyadarshi. While police personnel maintained a tight vigil, a large number of CCTV cameras were installed on 'Bada Danda' to aid them, a senior police official said. Special rituals were performed before the deities were taken out of the Shree Gundicha temple and placed on the three colourfully decorated chariots for the return journey, amid chants of 'Jai Jagannath' and 'Hari Bol'. The deities were taken to the gigantic wooden chariots in an elaborate ritual called 'Pahandi' to the beating of gongs, cymbals and blowing of conch shells. Lord Jagannath was ensconced in the largest of the three chariots - the 45-feet high 'Nandighosh', Balabhadra in 44-feet high 'Taladhwaja' and Subhadra in 43-feet high 'Darpadalan'. Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb performed the 'Chhera Pahanra' ritual. The titular King of Puri offered prayers to the deities and then swept the platforms of the chariots with a golden broom and sprinkled flowers and fragrant water. The chariots were then pulled by selected servitors amid devotion on 'Bada Danda' - the grand avenue leading to Shree Jagannath temple - up to the Lion's gate in front of the Jagannath temple, where they would be stationed till July 4. The deities, who had embarked on the nine-day sojourn to the Sree Gundicha Temple during Rath Yatra on June 23, would finally re-enter the main shrine and again be placed on the 'Ratna Simhasana', the bejewelled throne, following a ceremony called 'Neeladribije'. Ahead of 'Neeladribije', the deities would be decorated with 'suna besha' or golden attire on Thursday on their respective chariots, a ritual that attracts a large number of devotees every year. However, people will be able to witness the grand spectacle only on television this time as they are denied entry into Puri in view of COVID-19. The Puri district administration has made it clear that there will be restrictions on non-essential movement of public till July 4. 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