Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal is placing bold bets on new-age technologies with a view for India to be at the forefront of the current global tech transition led by AI, and build jobs of the future in the country. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters here, he said the private sector has to do the bulk of job creation, step up and do more, while creating an enabling environment and correcting imbalances, such as that of trade, are the responsibility of the government. Aggarwal also supported the government's move to offer fiscal incentives to global EV makers, including Tesla, through the new EV policy saying it is important for India to attract all kinds of investment, and globally established players will help in the development of the EV ecosystem in the country. The group's newly-listed entity Ola Electric aims to make India a global electric vehicle (EV) hub but the country has to invent an EV and energy transition paradigm for itself based on its needs
Newly-listed Ola Electric has laid out a roadmap to profitability banking on higher volume, vertical integration of supply chain and in-house produced cells, while it has shelved plans to make electric car, according to company founder and CMD Bhavish Aggarwal. The company, which forayed into the electric motorcycle segment last week, will build products that Indians need, which are by a vast majority two-wheelers and three-wheelers, he said in an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters here. In the first quarter of this fiscal, Ola Electric's automotive segment EBITDA was almost break-even but for a one-time reversal of about Rs 30 crore it had to pay for a change in standard operating procedure in the government for PLI rules, he said, adding the cell segment is at a different stage of evolution. Ola Electric's net loss widened in the first quarter to Rs 347 crore, from Rs 267 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. In FY24, the company's net loss was at Rs
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Apart from Ola, applicants including Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, and Toyota Kirloskar, among others, have received PLI certificates
Ola is offering its mobikes at a price more attractive than its scooters by taking advantage of the lower bill of materials cost for mobikes, which have fewer panels than scooters
Aggarwal said that people should already know how he is going to price the products and expressed confusion over why people are surprised
Ola Electric share price: While the long-term potential of Ola Electric might be appealing, the current valuation appears to be quite speculative, analyst said
Ola Electric share price target: Since its listing on August 9, Ola Electric stock has surged 92 per cent (till August 19) over its issue price of Rs 76
Industry views firm's approach as marketing tactic rather than a sustainable model
The latest jump in Ola's stock price comes after it launched a new line of motorcycles and on bets that it will lower costs by using its own batteries
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Shares of Ola Electric Mobility were locked in the 20-per cent upper circuit at Rs 133.08, also its new high on the NSE, on Friday
The e-motorcycle launch is set to intensify competition in the world's second-largest two-wheeler market
The e-bikes, named Roadster, Roadster X, and Roadster Pro, will be available from the fourth quarter of FY25
Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal also announced the development of Ola's next-generation battery technology, known as the 'BharatCell,' the first cell to be manufactured in India
The company further announced plans to incorporate its own cell technology into its vehicles starting from Q1 of FY26
The Bengaluru-based startup is being closely watched as a proxy for the country's factory ambitions
Genus Power Infrastructure, Shakti Pumps (India), Gallant Ispat, Suraj Estate Developers, Panacea Biotec, Suzlon and Elpro Intl among BSE Allcap index were frozen at the highest limit for the day.
Ola Electric Mobility shares have been trading higher since their listing on Friday, August 9, 2024, and have climbed 43.97 per cent so far
Since the last day of subscription on August 6, shares of Ola Electric have been trading at a discount of nearly 3-4 per cent in the grey markets, which usually suggests a negative listing