Ola Electric Cuts Cheapest E-Scooter Prices By 12.5%. It Now Costs...
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The SoftBank Group-backed company launched the S1X scooters last August last year, just months after the government, in a surprise move, lowered the incentives to buy e-scooters. However, some analysts say the price cuts will hurt Ola.
Ola Electric, India's largest electric scooter maker, reduced the price of its cheapest variant by 12.5%, it said on Monday, as the loss-making company tries to boost sales after the government reduced subsidies.
Ola [OLAE.NS] cut the price of the cheapest variant of its S1X model to 69,999 rupees (about $839), from 79,999 rupees, said Anshul Khandelwal, the company's marketing chief. The prices of other S1X variants were cut between 5.6% and 9.1%.
The SoftBank Group-backed company launched the S1X scooters last August last year, just months after the government, in a surprise move, lowered the incentives to buy e-scooters. However, some analysts say the price cuts will hurt Ola.
