Ola fracas reveals data privacy conundrum in electric vehicle industry

Questions are being raised on ola as to what extent can these new-age automobiles track user data and to what ends can they be utilised

Until now, the biggest concern with electric vehicles (EVs) has been about them catching fire. But a new issue has appeared after Ola Electric publicly shared the telemetry data of a user who had met with an accident. 

Guwahati-based Reetam Singh suffered an accident while riding his father’s Ola S1 Pro last month. Subsequently, Singh’s father alleged in a series of tweets that the faulty braking system of the electric vehicle was the reason behind the accident. 

In a bid to counter the bad publicity resulting from the viral tweets, Ola shared on Twitter granular data about