Ola Electric Scooter Critically Injures A 65-Year Old As It Goes Into Reverse Mode At Full Speed

A Jodhpur man shared how an old electric scooter 'critically' injured his 65-year-old father.Flagging a software bug in Ola electric scooters, the man claims his father suffered a severe head injury.?

A man named Pallav Maheshwari wrote an elaborate post on Linkedin sharing how that software bug in Ola electric could be causing its scooters to go in reverse mode at full speed.?

This isn't a new issue, as many users have red-flagged that Ola scooters switch to reverse mode and crash.?

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Maheshwari’s 65-year-old father was trying to bring the scooter inside his house to park when it started moving in a reverse direction.?

He wrote: “The software bug in the #olaelectric scooter of going in the reverse mode at full speed has severely injured my father."?

Maheshwari described his father’s injuries, who needed ten stitches on his head. He wrote:?

"He was only taking the scooter from outside the house to park inside. He has banged his head on a wall with almost the skull open (with 10 stitches now) and broken his left arm, which would have to be operated with two plates inserted.”?

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In his post, which is now viral, Maheshwari urged the company to recall scooters or fix the glitch as he criticized the company for putting the safety of its customers at risk with “poorly tested” products.?

“I didn’t think that health and safety norms would be compromised to this level at your #futurefactory,” he wrote.?

“Even after multiple reports of the reverse mode triggering in full throttle have been made by multiple Ola customers, no recall or fixes have been declared.“I urge you to make sure no one else gets be harmed because of your fault.”?

Read Pallav's post here:

Several Ola customers have raised similar complaints about the reverse mode accelerator glitch. Other issues with the scooters include stopping abruptly and EV fires.?

Ola has been facing harsh criticism over its electric scooters. Several accidents injuring the riders have come to the forefront in the past few weeks.?

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Last month, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said the company might recall a few batches of electric scooters. However, he added that it would depend on the recommendations given by the probing agencies ascertaining the cause behind the EV fires.

(Ola hasn't issued a response yet.)

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