The Indian two-wheeler market has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with petrol scooters experiencing a notable decline in sales especially in November-December 2024.
This trend is indicative of a broader movement towards sustainable and eco-friendly transportation solutions; signalling the end of the petrol (ICE) age in India.
Ola has a lot of plus on its side and just 1 minus point on its side.
The only minus point is its SOFTWARE GLITCHES on the VCU and Touch Screen. Ola is not the only company to suffer from it. Ather also has this problem.
Let us understand this problem thoroughly.
Software glitches on the VCU & Touchscreen is not just an Ola Electric or Ather problem… its quite common in a lot of vehicles with touchscreen. VCU is used with SIM Card to capture customer data. Ather started this stupid idea of capturing customer data… Ola blindly followed it. No other vehicle in India or any other country captures scooter user data… it is used only in premium vehicles.. not in poor man’s mode of travel.
But since Ather’s customers are premium customers from the higher middle class they either have a 2nd scooter or vehicle at home and are not as desperate as the Ola Electric Customer.
The guy who set fire to the Ola Showroom was depending upon the Ola Scooter to run errands and…
There is so much negativity about Ola Electric IPO! So much so that it is nauseating. It also seems Google & YouTube too are against this IPO. Those creators who make negative news about Ola Electric IPO are getting higher visibility. Most YouTuber share-market “analysts” have written negatively about a company which is THE market leader… that too by 30 percent.
Do the analyst think it is a JOKE to get 30% of a market which has the three of the BIGGEST 2-wheeler makers in the world (Hero Motors, Bajaj & TVS)? If they do then it shows their intelligence.
Or should we just call them “Chart-walle-bhaiya-log”?
These were the same “Chart-walle-bhaiya-log” who used to call Suzlon a “flop” company or Fluk-Company.
They also used to call Tata Motors a flop company last year when its shares were trading below Rs 120.
Investment in Ola Electric will reap benefits only in long term (10+ years). The company is in loss due to heavy investment in plant & machinery and will turn profitable over the years. This year it just set up plant for manufacturing Li-Ion batteries and started manufacturing leaving Exide & Amara Raja far behind.
Then there is eRickshaw & eCar manufacturing. All this is capital intensive.
Please check while applying for the OLA IPO… Check whether you are applying for the OLA CABS CompanyIPO or the OLA Electric Company IPO.
Both are DIFFERENT companies… and both are as different as chalk & cheese.
Competition: Ola CabCompany has stiff competition from Uber and other regional cab companies. Such competition leads to a downwards price war. There are bans and protests… conducted by other cabs and even Ola’s own cab owners intermittently. This shows that the these people who drive for the company themselves are not happy due to low profits earned by the drivers…. Unless the government steps in and has a FIXED price for all the Taxi Cab aggregators… This is a business that is not going to make much profit. That is exactly why the old taxies had FIXED FARE METERS... Uber came into the market and destroyed… a properly working industry which gainfully employed people who did not have much education. Today these drivers have become almost completely obsolete and struggle to make a living. Uber did not disrupt… it destroyed… an industry… because the govt refused to step in. The Govt should have launched its own app like it has done with ONDC App.
On the other hand Ola Electric scooter is the boss of electric scooters in India. It is almost…
End of Ice Age?… This could be the start of the end for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Petrol/Diesel cars & scooters/motorcycles… for… Stone age did not end due to the lack of stones.
Ola Electric, the e-scooter manufacturer submitted its initial draft papers to SEBI to initiate an initial public offering (IPO) aimed at raising ₹5,500 crore.