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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has ordered the probe in response to the service and product quality concerns flagged by the EV maker’s customers.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will be investigating Ola Electric over complaints against the electric vehicle maker on the product and service front, consumer affairs secretary Nidhi Khare told Reuters on Thursday.
The alleged deficiencies were brought to the BIS’s attention by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) headed by Khare. This, after the CCPA reportedly received a staggering 10,644 complaints against the firm over the course of a year. The consumer rights body even sent the EV maker a notice seeking an explanation last month.
In an exchange filing, Ola Electric responded by stating: “Out of 10,644 …
The startup isn’t sure where its future lies—in electric motorcycles or the more recently announced electric scooter? Unsurprisingly, none of the products have amounted to anything so far.
The EV maker is turning to gig-worker rentals to absorb its scooter output. But questions on cost, competition and execution make its latest pivot uncertain.
The EV maker is back for fresh capital as its businesses fail to generate enough to sustain themselves.
