From e-bikes to flying cars: India's Ola plots mobility future

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(Corrects to say Ola, not Ola Electric, in headline, lede and para 2, clarifies to say electric unit in para 3)By Aditi ShahNEW DELHI : India's Ola plans to produce kick scooters, e-bikes, drones and even flying cars under its future mobility scheme to help meet the country's transport needs, the

NEW DELHI : India's Ola plans to produce kick scooters, e-bikes, drones and even flying cars under its future mobility scheme to help meet the country's transport needs, the company's founder Bhavish Agarwal said in a blogpost on Thursday.

The company's electric unit will soon begin production of its first electric scooter at a plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu which it says is the biggest in the world. The Indian start-up also has plans to expand into electric bikes and cars. "Our EVs are smart, connected AI machines and will leapfrog current personal vehicles that are dumb mechanical devices. They will serve diverse needs through a variety of form factors including kick scooters, e-bikes and yes even drones and flying cars," he wrote.

EVs currently make up a fraction of the 23 million cars, scooters and motorcycles sold in India in a year - with electric scooters leading the pack. This is mainly due to the high cost of EVs compared with gasoline variants and insufficient charging infrastructure.

 

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