Ola
Ola Cabs switches to own mapping service, saving Rs100 cr annually
07 Jul 2024
Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Cabs is replacing Google Maps with home grown mapping service, Ola Maps, the ride-hailing aggregator announced on Friday.
Ola Electric to raise Rs7,250 crore through IPO
17 Jun 2024
Ola Electric has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a Rs7,250 crore initial public offer (IPO) – both through fresh issue of Rs5,500 crore
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announces new Indian AI chat app, Krutrim
27 Nov 2023
Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Cabs, has announced on his social media X account that his company is working on a new AI project.
Ola Electric raises $250 million from SoftBank
02 Jul 2019
Ola’s move also supplements government’s ambitious target of 30 per cent overall electric mobility by 2030 and 40 per cent EV target for ride-sharing companies by 2026, in order to curtail air pollution and carbon emissions
Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility
06 May 2019
Online food business M&As heating up in India
02 Aug 2018
Ola acquires Ridlr
03 Apr 2018
MNS resort to violence as Uber, Ola cabs go off roads
19 Mar 2018
As taxis of app-based firms Ola and Uber went off the roads in major cities protesting low fares that left them unable to repay their loans, an MNS worker was caught on camera threatening a driver and damaging his vehicle
Ola’s Nagpur experiment shows long road ahead for India’s EV dream
10 Mar 2018
With the high cost of vehicles and shortage of charging stations, Nagpur's Ola drivers are returning their electric cars as unviable, raising questions about the Indian government's preparedness of going all-electric by 2030
Germany's Delivery Hero sells Foodpanda to Ola
20 Dec 2017
The deal involves the transfer of Foodpanda's India business to Ola in exchange for Ola shares, with Ola committing to invest $200 million in the new business
Meru to again challenge Ola, Uber over alleged market abuse
12 Oct 2017
Indian radio taxi cab operator Meru Cabs has stepped up its legal challenge against taxi aggregators Ola and US-based Uber for allegedly abusing market dominance in four cities
Ola ties up $2 bn funding from SoftBank, Tencent, others
03 Oct 2017
Ola, the largest ride-hailing company in India, today secured $2 billion in new funding from a group of investors including SoftBank Group Corp and China's Tencent Holding
SoftBank sinks $1.4-bn into Ola, Snapdeal
11 May 2017
SoftBank pumps in Rs1,675 cr into Ola
15 Apr 2017
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