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Ola kicks off pilot of its electric mass mobility project in Nagpur

It has partnered with carmaker Mahindra and the Government of India for the project

Photo: Reuters
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An employee speaks over his phone as he sits at the front desk inside the office of Ola cab service in Gurugram (Photo: Reuters)

Alnoor PeermohamedPTI Bengaluru
Taxi aggregator Ola has kicked off a pilot project in Nagpur to demonstrate mass electric mobility, in partnership with the Centre and carmaker Mahindra. Ola will have an electric fleet of 200 vehicles, including taxis, buses, e-rickshaws and autos. 

The pilot project will commence with 100 of Mahindra’s e2o Plus hatchbacks. The rest will be sourced from Tata Motors, Kinetic, BYD and TVS.

“India has the need as well as the potential to set a global example on electric adoption to power its mobility requirements. We believe that electric mobility in a multi-modal format will be a key to realise our mission

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