NEW DELHI: Journey-hailing platform Ola is scouting for a number of websites throughout main cities in India and several other places in Europe to construct a community of charging stations for electrical two-wheelers, in keeping with sources.
The Bengaluru-based firm had just lately introduced signing an settlement with the Tamil Nadu authorities to arrange its first electrical scooter manufacturing unit within the state.
Based on sources aware about the event, Ola is scouting for a number of websites in 50 cities throughout India and several other key places in Europe to construct a world community of charging infrastructure.
These setups, which might be strategically positioned, can be utilized by Ola’s prospects to quickly cost their electrical two-wheelers, they added.
One of many sources stated whereas Ola’s e-scooters will characteristic a detachable battery, the supply of a community of charging stations will handle any issues round charging necessities.
E-mails despatched to Ola on the matter didn’t elicit a response.
Ola is gearing as much as launch the primary of its vary of electrical scooters within the coming months.
The brand new manufacturing plant — anticipated to be operational in a yr’s time — will see the SoftBank-backed firm make investments Rs 2,400 crore. Upon completion, the manufacturing unit will create practically 10,000 jobs and would be the world’s largest scooter manufacturing facility that can initially have an annual capability of two million items.
The manufacturing unit will cater to prospects not solely in India however in markets around the globe, together with Europe, Asia and Latin America.
In Could this yr, Ola Electrical introduced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based Etergo BV for an undisclosed quantity to bolster its engineering and design capabilities within the electrical car (EV) area. It had additionally introduced plans to rent over 2,000 folks for its electrical enterprise.
Ola Electrical — the EV arm of Ola — has raised about $400 million in funding from Tiger World, Matrix India, Tata Sons chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata and others.
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has previously spoken of the corporate’s give attention to aggressively constructing a world electrical two-wheeler enterprise, and taking part in throughout completely different car segments over the following few years.
The Bengaluru-based firm had just lately introduced signing an settlement with the Tamil Nadu authorities to arrange its first electrical scooter manufacturing unit within the state.
Based on sources aware about the event, Ola is scouting for a number of websites in 50 cities throughout India and several other key places in Europe to construct a world community of charging infrastructure.
These setups, which might be strategically positioned, can be utilized by Ola’s prospects to quickly cost their electrical two-wheelers, they added.
One of many sources stated whereas Ola’s e-scooters will characteristic a detachable battery, the supply of a community of charging stations will handle any issues round charging necessities.
E-mails despatched to Ola on the matter didn’t elicit a response.
Ola is gearing as much as launch the primary of its vary of electrical scooters within the coming months.
The brand new manufacturing plant — anticipated to be operational in a yr’s time — will see the SoftBank-backed firm make investments Rs 2,400 crore. Upon completion, the manufacturing unit will create practically 10,000 jobs and would be the world’s largest scooter manufacturing facility that can initially have an annual capability of two million items.
The manufacturing unit will cater to prospects not solely in India however in markets around the globe, together with Europe, Asia and Latin America.
In Could this yr, Ola Electrical introduced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based Etergo BV for an undisclosed quantity to bolster its engineering and design capabilities within the electrical car (EV) area. It had additionally introduced plans to rent over 2,000 folks for its electrical enterprise.
Ola Electrical — the EV arm of Ola — has raised about $400 million in funding from Tiger World, Matrix India, Tata Sons chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata and others.
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has previously spoken of the corporate’s give attention to aggressively constructing a world electrical two-wheeler enterprise, and taking part in throughout completely different car segments over the following few years.