Ola to set up an all women factory for electric scooters, will hire 10,000 employees

Ola, which launched electric scooters on August 15 this year has announced to set up a special factory that will only consist of women. The factory will house 10,000 women employees for their manufacturing.

The company believes that there is a need of self-reliant women for a self-reliant India. The CEO of Ola, Bhavish Aggarwal said in a tweet, "Today I am proud to announce that Ola Future Factory will be completely run by women. We welcomed the first batch of this workforce this week and the factory will have 10,000 women when it starts at full capacity. I am proud to announce Ola Woman Only Factory and the first such factory in the world."

Ola launched two variants of its electric scooters - Ola S1 and Ola S1 Pro. In this, the ex-showroom price of Ola S1 is Rs 99,999 and the price of Ola S1 Pro is Rs 1,29,999.

The CEO also emphasized the fact that the purchase of the electric scooters have been completely digitised. The loan process for both variants have been digitised and paperless to make it easy for the customers. "We want to provide this first-of-its-kind digital purchase experience to our customers," said the CEO.

Source : DNA India