Ola Electric Acquires Etergo, Dutch Company Behind Electric AppScooter
Today, Ola Electric announced that it has acquired Dutch-based electric scooter company Etergo, a company that CleanTechnica visited in late 2019.
Today, Ola Electric announced that it has acquired Dutch-based electric scooter company Etergo, a company that CleanTechnica visited in late 2019.
The Global e-Mobility Funding Report for the third quarter of 2019 showed a total of $2.7 billion raised by 45 electric vehicle (EV) companies across the world. This funding amount is even higher in reality since another 18 EV-related companies didn’t disclose any financial details.
Anand Shah, Co-Founder of Ola Electric Mobility and SVP Ola, on the startup’s electrification mission.
Despite the current and reportedly ongoing problems with its electric vehicle pilot in Nagpur, the India-based on-demand taxi service Ola is now planning to add a further 10,000 electric vehicles — 3-wheelers this time — to its fleet over the next 12 months.
We covered news last year of a new electric vehicle (EV) pilot program in India, one whereby the on-demand taxi service (ride-hailing service) Ola would be providing a test-fleet of electric cars to Ola drivers for work use.
Ola, the India-based on-demand taxi service (“ridesharing” service) commonly referred to as India’s Uber, has begun trialing a new system/app that combines its taxi service with a dockless bikesharing service (as well as with an on-demand auto-rickshaw service) in some parts of the country.