EV start-up Ola Electric will open greater than 200 expertise centres throughout India by March 2023, CEO Bhavish Aggarwal stated through a tweet on Sunday.

• Ola’s gross sales have been on the decline for the previous few months
• Experience centres may additionally function after-sales contact factors

After strongly committing to a digital-only gross sales mannequin for the reason that launch of its S1 Pro in August 2021, Ola Electric has now stated it would open new bodily contact factors for potential patrons to expertise the product earlier than making the acquisition. 

This transfer comes after a constant decline in Ola’s gross sales up to now few months. In May 2022, as per information on the federal government’s VAHAN portal, the start-up registered 9,249 e-scooters, which made it the business chief for that month. However, the determine was down to only 3,421 items in August. 

The purpose for this decline isn’t clear, however the sheer variety of buyer reviews of assorted points is prone to have had some impact. We, too, skilled some points with our personal long-term Ola S1 Pro.

So it could seem that these expertise centres have been opened to assist arrest the falling gross sales and construct buyer confidence within the product. The expertise centres would allow the corporate to display and clarify its electrical scooters higher to prospects than it could have by means of the digital-only gross sales strategy.

Aggarwal’s tweet additional stated that 20 such expertise centres are already operational in India, though he didn’t specify the place these centres are positioned. Reports counsel that these centres will function after-sales and repair contact factors as properly, nonetheless, Ola Electric is but to substantiate the identical.

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