Bhavish Aggarwal takes the Ola Electric scooter out for a spin to Bengaluru's Araku cafe, Mahindra says he picked the 'coolest location'

Ola wants to change the way Indians commute with its electric scooter, but delays and uncertainty over deliveries have left the startup at the receiving end flak.

However, founder Bhavish Aggarwal doesn't seem to be fazed by the negativity and recently took the Ola Electric Scooter S1 out for a spin in Bengaluru. He was accompanied by Varun Dubey, the chief marketing officer of Ola Electric, on the coffee run.

The duo posed with the S1 outside the Araku coffee cafe in Indiranagar, Bangalore, and invited people to come take a look. Aggarwal even dropped a Google Maps pin of the location in his tweet.



While that's a smart move to settle any fears people may have over the future of the scooter, the tweet also caught Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra's eye.

The 66-year-old business honcho called Aggarwal's decision to choose the Araku coffee cafe as the destination for his scooter ride a "smart move."

"Smart move @bhash Araku café is the coolest location you could have selected. Make sure you don’t just stand next to your scooter all the time. Scoot inside the café and check it out. All of us at @naandi_india & @arakucoffeein are incredibly proud of it!," Mahindra tweeted.


Aggarwal replied to Mahindra's tweet saying he was already the most regular customer.

"Great brand, product and service," he tweeted.


Mahindra sits on the board of directors for Araku Coffee. The Naandi Foundation, that has been working in Araku with 1,00,000 tribal farmers to grow arabica coffee sustainably, is also behind the coffee brand. Mahindra is also among the board of directors at Naandi.

Meanwhile at Ola, not everything is going as per plan, as the company that had to begin deliveries of its scooters from next Monday has pushed it back by at least 20 days.