Uber rival Ola plans to build the world's largest scooter factory in India, aiming to make two million electric two-wheelers a year for Asia, Europe and Latin America.
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The Indian ride-hailing firm, which has financial
backing from Japan's SoftBank, said it will create 10,000 jobs and
invest $325 million in the plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.The
factory will help make India a "manufacturing hub for electric
vehicles" as Ola gears up to launch its e-scooters in the coming months,
the company said on Monday.Motorbikes and mopeds, which are much
cheaper than four-wheelers, are hugely popular in India's congested
cities, with sales outselling those of cars many times over.But they
also add to air pollution and Ola hopes to profit from government
efforts to promote electric vehicles by expanding from ride-hailing to
making scooters itself. With plans for two million electric scooters
in a year, Ola can potentially replace Honda's Gujarat set up which
currently makes 1.2 million petrol scooters annually.
This year Ola
announced plans to hire over 2,000 people for its electric business,
bringing in General Motors veteran Jose Pinheiro to head its
manufacturing operations.
In May the firm, which is active in India,
Australia, New Zealand and Britain, acquired Dutch electric scooter
maker Etergo, reportedly for $250 million.
Ola aims to roll out its scooters in India, Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand by 2021, according to news website Mint.
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