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Phase 1 of Ola e-scooter factory nearing completion, rollout soon: CEO

Last year, Ola had announced a Rs 2,400-crore investment for setting up its first electric scooter factory in Tamil Nadu

SoftBank-backed Ola expands leadership team with appointment of new CFOs

G R Arun Kumar joins as the Group CFO for Ola and CFO for Ola Electric, while Swayam Saurabh has come in as CFO for Ola's mobility, financial services and foods biz

Status check: Are there enough charging points to make EVs viable?

With one-fourth the range of gasoline powered vehicles on a full tank, EVs have seldom been the primary vehicles of choice and evoke, what is called, "range anxiety"

Ola Electric names former GE executive Balachandar as chief HR officer

Balachandar is a 33-year HR veteran who was most recently group director at Coffee Day; earlier stints include GE Healthcare and GE Capital, Strides Arcolabs and Stanchart

Ola Electric announces appointment of Wayne Burgess as head, vehicle design

Burgess has spent almost three decades designing vehicles for the majority of British premium automotive manufacturers

Ola to take electric scooter to international markets this fiscal

Ola Electric is looking at taking its electric scooter to international markets, including countries like France, Italy and Germany, this fiscal, a top company executive said

Ola Electric to set up world's largest EV two-wheeler charging network

Ola Hypercharger Network will also be the densest network, spread over 400 cities with more than 100,000 charging points

Ola Electric's high-stakes ride: Can Aggarwal disrupt India's EV market?

By setting up massive capacities in a limited market against entrenched competition, founder Bhavish Aggarwal has his work cut out proving the sceptics wrong

Explained: What attracts electric vehicle makers to Tamil Nadu

Over the past 6 months, several auto majors and component suppliers have chosen Tamil Nadu to set up electric vehicle manufacturing facilities to produce about 4.5 million EV two-wheelers cumulatively

Ola Electric's scooter could lead to market share loss for existing players

Ola Electric's scooter: Pricing would be critical as cost is the biggest deterrent at present

Explained: How Tamil Nadu leads the global electric vehicle rally

It is becoming a hub of electric two-wheeler investment by a slew of manufacturers and component suppliers

Ola's founding partner Pranay Jivrajka quits, may launch his own startup

Pranay Jivrajka was CEO of Ola Foods and an early employee of the ride-hailing firm

Two-wheeler EV firms see growth in post-Covid demand for personal transport

SMEV data shows that two-wheeler EV sales between April and December stood at around 80,000 units - 3,000 units in Q1 (April-June), rising to 35,000 units in Q2 and 42,000 in Q3

Start-ups driving Smart Mobility 2.0 swear by electric vehicles

EVs will become a more than $300-bn market by 2030. Charging of these vehicles is still a constraint and, therefore, all the players in this segment have created their own captive charging stations

Ola Electric turns unicorn with SoftBank's $250-million investment

The funds will help expansion plans, fight with rival Uber

Ola to develop electric auto-rickshaws for India, looks at partnerships

Chinam Netaji Patro, who drove the research and development (R&D) of electrical and electronics at Bajaj Auto, joined Ola last month as its senior director for EVs