{"id":406,"date":"2021-09-01T01:38:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T20:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2022-06-13T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:21:33","slug":"ola-bike-design-mantra-academy-school-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/ola-bike-design-mantra-academy-school-bangalore\/mantra-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola-S1 and the search for missing empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our orientation process at Mantra Academy, we typically ask newly joined candidates, &#8220;What do you believe is the most important attribute of designing for people?&#8221; Usually, several terms are thrown around, like aesthetics, usability, form, color, materials, sustainability, etc.\u00a0The answer we seek is empathy, which is seldom mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Empathy means listening to, understanding, observing, and responding to the needs of your users. Brands that cannot empathize risk alienating their customers. Being empathic is good for business.<\/p>\n<p>Electric scooters are about to revolutionize two-wheelers in India. We already see &#8216;Ather&#8217; get most things right, promising consumer adoption.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, Ola-Electric introduced India&#8217;s most anticipated eScooter model &#8211; the &#8220;Ola S1&#8221;. Moreover, through its cab aggregation business, Ola Cabs, the company stands out as a reputable brand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x-1024x606.jpeg\" alt=\"ola s1 black scooter driven by a woman.\" width=\"769\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x-1024x606.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x-300x178.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x-768x455.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x-769x455.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/performance@3x.jpeg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ola-S1 Scooter launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can tell that Ola is making big bets in the EV space by looking at social media handles and press articles. We know the stakes are high when we see their investments in manufacturing in Tamil Nadu. The EV market is only going to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The Ola scooter has received a lot of attention. Still, we would like to point out a detail conveniently overlooked by its designers.\u00a0The Indian scooter market is driven by value. The footboard [between the feet] is commonly used for hauling cargo when riding a scooter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"red LPG cylinder placed on the footboard of a scooter\" width=\"769\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002-769x433.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.002.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scooters in India are driven by value, especially in carrying cargo for a household.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ola-S1 has a raised center on its footboard. As a result, a rugged cargo would toggle when placed on the Ola-S1&#8217;s footboard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"blue ola s1 scooter parked in front of trees\" width=\"769\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001-769x433.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.001.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ola S1 Scooter &#8211; Raised mid footboard makes cargo carrying difficult.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ola acquired &#8216;Etergo&#8217; in May 2020, a Dutch electric scooter company. A curved battery is hidden under Etergo&#8217;s &#8216;AppScooter&#8217; floorboard to increase cargo space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow colour AppScooter with light blue background\" width=\"769\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-1536x768.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-2048x1024.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/appscooter-etergo-header-2-769x385.jpeg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AppScooter from Etergo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The OLA-S1 is a rebranded version of Etergo&#8217;s &#8220;App Scooter,&#8221; designed for the European market. A curved battery runs through the footboard. However, their design team should have adapted it to fit Indian needs.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers in India have faced similar problems in the past. Take Volkswagen cars, for example.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-410\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"volkswagen indicator controls are on the left side for right hand driving cars\" width=\"769\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003-769x433.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.mantraacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ola-s1.003.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volkswagen Cars &#8211; Right hand driving cars have controls that are meant for left hand driving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Volkswagen&#8217;s turn signals (direction indicators) are located on the left side of the steering wheel. It was designed for the American\/German market [with left-hand driving]. However, they continued to sell it in a market that follows right-hand driving. Why? Because it was cheaper not to modify.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the design flaw, we are glad that Ola-Electric is going native. We hope that Ola&#8217;s design team can correct this for future updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our orientation process at Mantra Academy, we typically ask newly joined candidates, &#8220;What do you believe is the most important attribute of designing for people?&#8221; Usually, several terms are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,73,74,22],"tags":[77,75,76],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive-design","category-bike-design-automotive-design","category-electric-vehicles","category-transportation-design","tag-designing-for-india","tag-ola-electric","tag-ola-s1-scooter-launch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ola-S1 and the search for missing empathy - Official blog of mantra academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ola overlooked one crucial factor in the exterior design of its Scooter that can affect its users. 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