Ola to hire 2,000 people for its EV business

Bengaluru based ride-hailing firm Ola aims to double its current number of people to around 2,000 for its electric vehicles business in next 6 months.

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SoftBank Group-backed Ola is scouting for a location to build a 2 million-unit-a-year electric scooter manufacturing plant in India. The company aims to sell at least a million scooters in the first year of operation.

“Ola Electric will hire around 2,000 people in India and globally in senior positions in manufacturing, product development, design and marketing for their EV business,”

“The company is looking for people with the right experience and global expertise who can help build this (EV),” said two people aware of the developments. At current Ola has a staff of about 4,000 and it had announced the appointment of General Motors veteran Jose Pinheiro to lead its EV arm.

It had also announced about the launch of its electric scooters in India and Europe, will price its maiden two-wheeler lineup at around INR 90,000-INR 95,000 per unit.

The company’s branded ‘App Scooter’ Ola’s two-wheelers can be charged at home and as well using public charging infrastructure. The App Scooter is said to have three interchangeable battery modules each battery will have a capacity of 600W per module which provides a range of 80 km per module.

Recently, Mobility tech electric vehicles startup EVage has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Ola Electric co-founder and senior advisor Anand Shah. EVage is all set to launch it’s first ‘Made in India’ structure, four-wheeler electric delivery van in India.

The startup aims to electrify India’s logistics sector with its zero-emission commercial vehicles. Inderveer Singh, founder and CEO, EVage said that they are working hard to make it easy for vehicle-dependent businesses to leverage clean mobility with purpose-built products.

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