Ola, which offers cab companies by means of the app, has created its personal mapping service. Earlier it was utilizing Google Maps. Just lately Ola left Microsoft’s Azure platform. Ola competes with Uber within the nation. The corporate has mentioned that by leaving the Google Maps service, it’ll save Rs 100 crore yearly.
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal mentioned in a publish on social media platform X, “After leaving Azure final month, we have now utterly exited Google Maps. We used to spend about Rs 100 crore on it. This expenditure has change into zero by shifting to our in-house Ola Maps service.”
Its electrical car unit Ola Electrical has stepped up efforts to develop solid-state batteries for its electrical scooters. Aggarwal mentioned that Ola’s personal cells can be utilized within the firm’s electrical scooters from the start of subsequent 12 months. The corporate is establishing a manufacturing facility for this in Tamil Nadu. Final month, Ola Electrical’s gross sales grew by about 107 % on a year-on-year foundation. Final month, 36,716 items of the corporate’s electrical scooters have been registered. The corporate claims that its share on this section is about 46 %.
Ola Electrical’s gross sales grew by about 57 % within the first quarter of the present monetary 12 months. The corporate’s gross sales within the first half of this calendar 12 months have been greater than two lakh items. It’s the first electrical two-wheeler firm to succeed in this determine in such a brief interval. Final month, the corporate up to date its S1 X electrical scooter with new options. These options embrace Discover My Scooter and Trip Mode. This electrical scooter won’t need to be taken to the service heart for software program updates. Trip mode is activated when the client doesn’t use the electrical scooter for an extended interval. Aside from this, data associated to S1 X trip and battery standing will even be accessible. The S1 X is offered in 2 kW, 3 kW and 4 kW battery choices.