Ola Electric launches sports scooter line, announces two cell variants and AI-powered platform

Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of ola Electric, highlighted the need to build technology in India during the rare earth magnet crisis and tariff wars. 

The company is working on its own ferrite magnet-based motor to reduce dependence on imports from China and other countries. Ferrite is a type of magnetic ceramic material made with iron oxide.

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“The ferrite motor products come out next quarter, and then, over two to three quarters, all our products will become ferrite motor. So there will be a changeover period because we have a broad product line,” Aggarwal told the press on the sidelines of Ola Electric’s annual event, Sankalp.

At Sankalp 2025, Ola Electric unveiled its new S1 Pro Sport scooter lineup, with deliveries starting January next year. It also launched MoveOS 6, an AI-powered operating system with 25+ features, and introduced its Gen 4 modular platform that will power upcoming two-, three-, and four-wheelers with in-house Bharat cells.

The company announced two new Bharat cell variants—46100 and 46120—and confirmed that its first indigenously developed 4680 cell will be integrated into vehicles from September 22, during Navratri.

Ola Electric highlighted that it has sold 9,90,000 vehicles, making it India’s leading EV-maker. Ahead of the festive season, it also cut prices on its S1 Pro+ scooter and Roadster X+ (9.1 kWh, 4680 cell variant), aiming to cross 1 million sales.

All upcoming scooters will run on the new Gen 4 platform, featuring MoveOS 6, ferrite magnet motors, and future-ready Bharat cells—delivering 76% more power, 25% less weight, 15% higher efficiency, and 41% lower cost. The rollout begins late next year.

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Ola also showcased an advanced prototype of its futuristic Diamondhead bike, part of the Moonshot Project, scheduled for launch in 2027.

“We still have a lot of engineering work to do over the next two years. We have to invent many technologies. We have to build our own chip for this (Diamondhead), which Krutrim (the company's AI arm) will build.  

"We have to build a cell which will be much more powerful, which the gigafactory will build. We have to build some technologies like the hub-centred steering, which we have already built. So a lot of technologies will have to be built and invented to make the diamond head possible,” Aggarwal said.

Ola Electric, once the leader in India’s electric two-wheeler market, is facing weak demand this year. As per Vahan data, the company sold only 131785 units till August 1 down from 270,347 units in the same period last year. This falls short of its ambitious annual target of 3.25–3.75 lakh units.

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