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[Hansi]

https://electrek.co/2021/03/08/ola-reveals-first-images-of-its-upcoming-62-mph-electric-scooter/

"Ola Electric is currently constructing a megafactory in India to produce its premier electric scooter model."

"Annual production capacity is estimated to be 2 million scooters per year when the factory opens later this summer, increasing to 10 million scooters per year in 2022."

This will make a difference

[Crissa]

What was it, a scooter every ten seconds?

-Crissa

[Hansi]

"Built over 500 acres in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, the facility will roll out one scooter every two seconds at full capacity, Aggarwal told mediapersons. "It will have 10 production lines running at full capacity. It will be the most advanced two-wheeler factory with 3,000 AI-powered robots built on Industry 4.0 principles," he said."
According to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ola-s-500-acre-ev-factory-tn-make-electric-scooter-every-2-seconds-144872

[Richard230]

"Built over 500 acres in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, the facility will roll out one scooter every two seconds at full capacity, Aggarwal told mediapersons. "It will have 10 production lines running at full capacity. It will be the most advanced two-wheeler factory with 3,000 AI-powered robots built on Industry 4.0 principles," he said."
According to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ola-s-500-acre-ev-factory-tn-make-electric-scooter-every-2-seconds-144872

But will they be able to sell one of their scooters every two seconds? 

[wavelet]

"Built over 500 acres in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, the facility will roll out one scooter every two seconds at full capacity, Aggarwal told mediapersons. "It will have 10 production lines running at full capacity. It will be the most advanced two-wheeler factory with 3,000 AI-powered robots built on Industry 4.0 principles," he said."
According to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ola-s-500-acre-ev-factory-tn-make-electric-scooter-every-2-seconds-144872

But will they be able to sell one of their scooters every two seconds? 

In India? Maybe, depending on price.
It's the world's largest powered 2-wheeler market, with sales of ~20M units/year.

[Hansi]

https://electrek.co/2021/08/16/ola-shocks-with-beautiful-high-tech-70-mph-electric-scooters-the-entire-world-needs-to-see/

Game-changer? I think and hope so

[princec]

It really is - I wonder if we'll see them in the UK soon.

Cas

[Crissa]

Offboard chargers, huh?

-Crissa

[princec]

Very sensible when you consider the range and speed of the things... they will only ever be charged at home I should think. No point in carrying around the charger?

Cas

[TheRan]

They say it can quick charge too, "most of the way in around 30 minutes" and 18 minutes of charging will get 46 miles of range (no mention of whether that's for the 75 or 112 mile range model). No idea how that is achieved as I assume it doesn't have a high enough voltage battery for DC charging.

[princec]

It simply must be high enough voltage or they just couldn't do it.

Clever electricky people: is there any particular disadvantage, if you have, say, 100 cells, as to whether you arrange them all in series to get 330VDC, or if you arrange them all in parallel, to get 3.3VDC? Is it that you won't be getting enough amps if they're all in series? The physics of it all is intriguing, especially if like me you've never studied electronics in any detail.

Like, if Zero just decided they were going to put all four of their module packs in series instead of parallel, that'd quadruple the voltage, but presumably quarter the amperage it could output? What's better, amps or volts?

Cas

[princec]

Ah-ha! Stackexchange to the rescue again. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/28458/why-connect-cells-in-parallel

Cas

[Crissa]

They say that speed is with their special charger.

-Crissa

[Hansi]

I think (an option for?) mode 3 Mennekes/J1772 charging and non-proprietary mode 4 CCS quick charging would be very much preferable.

I found an adapter cable for Niu to be able to charge mode 3 earlier, couldn't find it now, hopefully it will be possible on the Ola.

[princec]

Their special charger would indeed have to be quite special if it does something that Zero, Energica and Harley can't figure out.

Cas