Ola Electric has developed a cheap electric motorcycle, with two versions, which can reach the Brazilian market costing less than R$6. The company's electric motorcycles are equipped with the latest technology and also have a 750W portable charger.

A Hello Electric, noting the high potential of two-wheelers, developed an inexpensive electric motorcycle known as the Ola S1, which has two versions. One that costs around R$ 5.500, which has an electric motor of 8,5 kW of power and a torque of 5,9 kg/fm. This simpler version can go from 0 to 60 km/h in just 7 seconds and reach a top speed of 90 km/h. Its range is 120 km on a single charge. The most expensive version of the model costs around R$9.200 and can reach 115 km/h.

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Learn how to import electric motorcycles and scooters like those from the company Ola Eletric to Brazil

To import this product, you don't need any type of license. Inmetro, Ibama, you don't need anything. You can buy in China, transport it, bring it to Brazil, pay taxes, everything legally and peacefully, as long as you have a company enabled on Radar Siscomex. 

The Siscomex RADAR concept is defined as an Ambient System for Recording and Tracking the Performance of Customs Interveners. According to the Federal Revenue itself, its main objective is to provide accounting, tax and customs data in real time.

Taxes and final costs for import

Nobody likes to pay tax, in fact, by the name we already know that it is not a question of choosing to pay. And on this product specifically, taxes are high. For example, if you buy a small container of this product, the value can even double. If you pay $150 in China, it will arrive here in Brazil for $300, if you import a small container with about 30, 40, 50 pieces, depending on the size of your import.

It is not possible to give an exact cost here, because this value depends on two things. ICMS in Brazil, one of the taxes paid to import, and which depends on each state. And also domestic transport. If you are in a region close to the port where your merchandise will arrive, the freight rate will be lower. It affects the final cost of your product, but you can consider that the product will be 80 to 100% higher compared to the price you pay in China, India or elsewhere.

When will Brazilians be able to buy the electric motorcycle from Ola Electric?

As of this writing, the manufacturer's website informs that the electric motorcycles of its brand can be pre-booked only. Ola Electric's idea is to expand and even reach Brazil, but for now there is still no set date and what remains is to wait for the end of pre-reservations in India so that the first units can be imported.

Cheap electric motorcycle from Ola Electric can be recharged in just 4,5 hours

To charge the electric motorcycles, the company sends a 750W portable charger, which can completely recharge the models in just 4,5 hours. However, the company has stated that, in the near future, it will start offering fast charging devices, which will be able to deliver 80% charge in just 18 minutes. In the Indian market, where electric motorcycles are currently being sold, the company offers more than 5 service stations across the country.

In terms of design, Ola Electric's cheap electric motorcycle comes equipped with various technologies and state-of-the-art equipment. However, these are present only in the more expensive models. The electric motorcycle has LED lights, a 7-inch multimedia center, autopilot, GPS navigation, and commands that can be made through smartphones or other devices.

To handle this, the cheap electric bike has a Move OS operating system, consisting of a 1,8 Ghz eight-core processor and 3 GB of RAM. Although they have been on the Indian market for a few months, there is still no forecast for the arrival of these electric motorcycle models in the national territory or other countries other than via importation.

Cheap electric motorcycle is the most pre-booked in the world

Ola Eletric released data on pre-bookings of its electric motorcycles, which show more than 100 sales of the models in just one day. The company declared in a press release that, with these numbers, the model begins to be the most pre-booked in the world.

The Group's CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal, said he was thrilled with these numbers, which, for the most part, come from customers in India, for the brand's first electric motorcycles.

Get to know Ola Electric

Ola Electric was developed in 2017 as a company controlled by ANI Technologies, which is also responsible for controlling Ola Cabs. The company has begun reducing emissions of polluting gases and also reducing dependence on polluting fuel from Ola's cabins, switching to electric mobility en masse.

A year after being founded, in 2018, it announced its intention to have 1 million electric models in its taxi service by the end of this year. Between late 2018 and early 2019, Bravish Aggarwal purchased a 92,5% stake in Ola Electric from its parent company. Also in 2019, the company raised around US$ 56 million from Matrix India and Tiger Global.