Once the user selects a service, they will be directed to the Uber or Ola app to request the ride with one tap.
With its foray into self-drive, Ola will go head-to-head with early entrants Zoomcar, Revv and a few other.
Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of ride-hailing firm Ola who disrupted the electric scooters market in the country, is planning to launch an electric sports car in 2024. The plan will put it in competition with Indian players, such as the Tata group and Mahindra & Mahindra, and global giants like Tesla and Hyundai. Aggarwal, recently, took a group of reporters to the firm's design studio at the Ola campus in Bengaluru where his teams are working on several EVs, including scooters, motorcycles, sedans, and SUVs - and even robotaxis.
There is also lack of mandate from the government on adoption of electric mobility after ambitious talks of moving all new automobile sales to electric by 2030
Ola Cabs, which started out in 2010, has raised over $1 billion of funds.
Maruti has plans to rev up sales of the Dzire, India's fourth most-sold car, by relaunching it.
With Uber dipping into its generous war chest to subsidise its service, its pampered clientele should sit back and enjoy the ride.
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