Ola Electric Scooter Charger Refund: according to heavy duty ministry Hailstone Had taken extra money from the customers for the charger of its electric scooters, now the company will have to return this money. There itself Ola Electric Through a tweet, it has confirmed that it will refund the charger money to its customers.
According to reports, the amount to be returned for the charger is around Rs 130 crore, which will be refunded. However, Ola has not given information about the amount to be refunded in its tweet. Due to this decision of the company, Ola customers can get a refund of Rs 9,000 to Rs 19,000, as its chargers fall in this range.
Important update. pic.twitter.com/G0GM46UApM
— Ola Electric (@OlaElectric) May 4, 2023
Why is Ola having to return the money?
fame2 scheme Under this, the central government gives subsidy on electric two-wheelers whose cost is less than Rs 1.5 lakh. An investigation by the Heavy Duty Ministry found that Ola was selling scooter chargers as additional accessories and charging extra money from customers for the same. That is, the customers had to pay more than the subsidy limit. When the matter came to the fore, the government objected to it.
read this also- Rs 1200 crore owed to the government, EV companies paid Rs 1400 crore out of pocket
According to reports, Ola Electric has to refund the charger money to about 1 lakh customers. Those people who bought the charger with Ola S1 Pro before April 1, 2023 will be included in this list.
Ola Electric reduced the price of scooters
Ola recently reduced the price of its S1 Pro electric scooter to boost sales. Now it can be bought at a starting price of 1.25 lakhs, which was earlier 1.39 lakhs. The cost of the charger is also included in this price.
Apart from Ola, there are many companies which charge extra money in the name of charger and other software. The names of Hero MotoCorp, Ather Energy and TVS Motor Company are included in this list.
