Ola creating Google Maps rival
Currently, the Ola cabs paintings with Google’s navigation gadget — Google Maps. Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola’s founder and CEO has showed the improvement in a tweet. Aggarwal tweeted, “Testing our own Ola maps, Will be live in the Ola app and our vehicles in a couple of months!”
Testing our own Ola maps! Will be live in the Ola app and our vehicles in a couple of months!Will also be making… https://t.co/hlc1B8iEnr
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) 1672887135000
As per the Ola CEO, the company is working on developing an application program interface which will enable other developers to install Ola Maps in their apps or vehicles. “Will even be creating a dev API for all those that wish to use world-class maps for India of their apps,” added Aggarwal.
Currently, no other information about Ola Maps is available right now. However, it is expected that the company may use the government’s NavIC system to create its maps service.
Ola to enter premium EV category
Recently, Ola announced that it is all set to enter the premium EV category by introducing 10,000 cars. In a statement given to the Times of India, Ola said, “Ola’s new top rate fleet might be operated by way of the top-rated drivers, and can supply advantages like 100% journey assurance put up allocation of the cab, 0 cancellations, and facility 100% cashless bills.”
“Our roadmap of developing in-house core technologies and products that can be leveraged across group level gives us a competitive advantage in the ride hailing business. We are completely reimagining this segment to not only improve the driver and consumer experience but also offer clean and green mobility options eventually to 500 million Indians,” added the company.