When it comes to driving EV adoption in the country, we need a big brand to introduce affordable battery-powered two-wheelers. While Ather and Bajaj are doing their part, their electric scooters command a higher price tag. Ola Group, which announced its first electric scooter factory in Tamil Nadu last year, which could change the dynamics of the market. Its CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal, has revealed that Phase 1 of the Rs 2.400 crore 'Futurefactory' is almost complete and the company plans to start launching scooters soon. According to Aggarwal, this is the world's largest two-wheeler factory and its preparation took only 4 months. He said: “In just 4 months this place has grown from acres of empty rocky land to the largest 2W plant in the world. Ola Futurefactory Phase 1 is coming to an end! The scooters are coming soon. When complete, this factory is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs and will have a production capacity of more than 2 million scooters each year. Just a few days ago, Aggarwal showed off a picture of the upcoming scooter and asked his Twitter subscriber base what his favorite color options were. He also confirmed that the black color was already finalized.
It's time to order paint! What color would you like to have the Ola scooter? You've covered for Black! What else? @OlaElectric pic.twitter.com/NXMftKJrrq June 24, 2021 See More The teaser image shared by him reveals the front design of the scooter and shows that the new electric scooter will be available in a two-tone finish and will have a unique headlight cluster headlights surrounded by LED daytime running lights. The design, however, is similar to the AppScooter from Etergo BV, the Ola company acquired in May last year. Now these Indian-made scooters will target the domestic market and are also expected to be available in markets like Europe, UK, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand by the end of the year.