The world’s largest scooter factory operates in India and will produce 10 million motorcycles per year

The electric vehicle revolution of India it’s off to an explosive start. More than 100,000 users they reserved their electric Ola scooter the first day of its sale, July 17th and they promise to be a lot more. the Motivation program so that users massively access an inexpensive form of mobility in a country that has 1.3 billion inhabitants and is the second country with the highest amount in the world, it includes a Reservation of an electric scooter for the equivalent of Rs 6.50. This has led to thousands of customers ordering their unit in advance.

Last February, the CEO of Ola electric, Bhavish Aggarwal, had announced that they would build a 2 square kilometer megausine, on land which was then pure rock. At the time, he said it would be the “The most sustainable mega-factory in the world”. The announced plan provided that production would begin in July, and it was filling, although partially, because the work continues.

The factory is automatic largely, with 3000 robots equipped with AI (Artificial Intelligence), which will become 5000, with which 10,000 employees will work. It will also have a test track inside of the structure, that is to say inside, which does not represent a problem but a solution. Being electric scooters, they do not emit dangerous gases, And during the bad weather months, they will be able to continue testing each unit as it leaves the production line and goes on sale.

the mega factory roof will be a huge set of solar panels capable of providing a surplus of energy, allowing the plant, operate without carbon dioxide emissions. And to give it more durable characteristics, the property has a own forest of 4000 square meters, and an additional 2,000 m2 of forest surround the plant’s surroundings. Everyone the trees that have been uprooted during construction they were protected and transplanted in them.

The company led by Bhavish Aggarwal, derived from Ola passenger transport company, plans to manufacture 10 million vehicles per year when it is at full capacity in 2022, which will make her the world’s leading producer of two-wheelers. Will be ten simultaneous production lines, which would give the possibility of finishing one motorcycle every two seconds.

Ola Electric plan to invest 2,000 million rupees over the next five years with their partners to establish their own “Network of hyperchargers” across India, which will include fast charging stations in 400 cities. In this first year, Ola has already installed half of the 5,000 charging points planned in the first 100 cities of India.

The Indian company claims that these fast charging solutions they will be able to charge the electric scooter up to 50% in just 18 minutes, and offer a range of 75 km. Ola Electric will also offer its customers smartphone connectivity on your scooters to monitor the state of charge in real time using an Ola Electric app. The application will also allow the payment of the service.

The scooter itself is based on the Etergo Appscooter, a creation of a Dutch company that Ola acquired last year in the midst of a financial crisis that threatened the start of production

the Wave electric scooter has the same telescopic front suspension the only one seen in the Etergo, and its builders claim to have largest glove box of his class and has a dual led light recessed in a perimeter LED strip.

Ola’s huge production scale also means that it will probably be the first Indian company electric two-wheelers in the start of exports international

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