@Tarun Maybe there is some upgrade planned for the following.
I think its an initial phase of owning an EV & also based on ride patterns, at first I too was very apprehensive of range because sometimes plans change and what not but after a few months ‘most’ people realise that they can actually do a whole day’s worth of travel on a single charge even in a big city like Bangalore. Unless you go from edge to edge there’s really no need of top up in between but it’s still the 2nd question everyone asks about an EV. So even if it isn’t a blocker to seasoned EV riders, it still helps marketing and roping in new customers. (and extra chargers never hurt anyone)
Actually, this could work both ways. Unfortunately, there are too many people taking offence on behalf of others these days XD. (oh! How can Ather classify people like that and cities like that, etc etc.) It would be nice if Ather follows the same pattern of ECs everywhere no matter how fancy to that city. It’ll atleast become an attraction and help them feel just as important as everyone else.
The downside is if it’s too fancy, people might be too intimidated to even walk in. So maybe they can create a new model for small cities specifically and follow it all throughout the country.
I honestly think the valuation is majorly based on just the name ‘ola’ and not what they have done or even their projections. Once their vehicles hit the road and the problems start pouring in (hopefully they don’t) we’ll see how well they keep up. I completely agree with @arvind_nair, bloated valuation
After seeing the trouble Ather has had explaining invoices to owners, I’m more eager to see how Ola explains the invoice to their customers 
Here are some insightful reads and listens (i have personally read/listened and liked, that’s why sharing}:
This is why I am a bit surprised when a lot of people ask for 250-300km range EV 2w. Where exactly are they travelling daily that they need such a range in a single charge?
Reminded me of this recent incident.
This is too rude and unacceptable. It is still an individual’s choice regarding the appearance and how the dressing of that individual is not supposed to be judged by anyone, let alone making a classist remark out of it. I hope that the salesperson had learnt a lesson there…
The only point would be to go intercity and stay overnight midway, without having to worry about where to find a power plug.
But that is not a daily case for most.
I was thinking about the same when writing!
You’ll be surprised at how you’ll be treated in RTO in Bangalore if you turn up in shorts or talk to the ‘babus’ there wearing sunglassess 
People need to take a chill pill sometimes. Covid’s got us in our pajamas for months on end, wearing anything else seems so uncomfortable now
Spotted their Hyper charger on NH near Krishnagiri today. Great spot cause the complex also has the famous Murugan Idli Shop outlet!
PS: Notice the Genset behind the charger?. Wonder if it’s for the whole complex or just Ola charger.
Nice find. Probably the first one outside cities. It’s about 80 km from the Ola campus in Bangalore and 45 km from the Ola factory. The good thing is they started setting up outside cities but the bad thing is probably just to enable Ola employees to travel from Bangalore to the factory.
That generator is definitely for the whole campus. Ola does not need such a big generator.
I suspect the same thing. What would have really helped is if Ola starts putting 3pin sockets too at their hypercharger locations on the highway.
This location does not have any petrol bunk. It’s only the restaurant.
Yeah, sorry. Till now all their chargers were seen only at BPCL bunks. Only exception was Ola campus Bangalore and now this.
Yes, 3 pin sockets would help many users that are from other brands. With more sales, we will definitely see businesses like Murugun themselves setting up sockets in the next 1-2 years.
Does ola gets the same regen as Ather like reversing the throttle or just tap the brakes and regen activates or both
Definitely, which I don’t think they will do. Why would you spend so much on infra for others to charge their vehicles? Even if it is paid, people might start complaining that no chargers are ever free & they lose out on new customers. Ather did it in the name of popularising EVs but the only people it helps is the businessess that house the chargers. Ather also opened up their charging tech & connector tech for anyone. It’s a win win situation for Ather users only if another company decides to use it and they put out chargers, if they use it and piggyback on Ather’s grid everyone looses!
This is a strange behaviour (I doubt the speed tho)
I also got confused at first, it’s actually when on an incline it automatically went into reverse mode and he fell and the tyres were spinning + dash showing 102kmph.
Nothing strange, it was an advertised feature. see below video… 
Just kidding…on a serious note it’s an extremely dangerous glitch that anyone can face
Reading the tweet by this guy, here’s what I understood…
In Ola, we know that throttle must be turned in the opposite direction to go in reverse. He turned it in the normal direction itself but instead of going forward the scooter has gone backwards!! Due to this sudden unexpected change in direction, he has fallen down because he couldn’t control the vehicle. The scooter’s rear wheel was rotating freely with the dash showing speeds up to 102kmph. He hasn’t ridden in reverse at 102kmph. In our Ather scooters, the motor RPM itself is used to calculate and display the vehicle speed rather than adding an additional sensor to the front wheel like in ICE scooters. I guess it is the same with Ola too.
The scooter has failed on two counts…
looking at tweets made by couple of others, it seems this is not a one-off case.
This is probably a great thread to bookmark and link whenever someone on the Forum suggests that the reverse throttle should be used for reversing in Ather too…
Hosur Factory Expansion Tour “soon”? 
