Mahindra Electric, part of the diversified USD 19 billion Mahindra Group and Meru, technology-enabled cab services company, today announced a collaboration for a pilot Electric Vehicle project here.
According to a press release issued by the auto maker, the pilot project will see Meru deploy a fleet of eVeritos, the all-electric sedan by Mahindra and the model will be replicated in other cities soon.
Mahindra Electric CEO, Mahesh Babu"said, "As pioneers of electric mobility, we at Mahindra Electric are happy to lead electric fleet adoption in India and are glad to partner with Meru for pilot deployment of eVeritos in Hyderabad."
"This is definitely going to make it easier for the city to adopt EV technology and will also be in line with our constant endeavour to make EVs more accessible to a larger urban population.
We are now looking forward to working with Meru to have this project rolled out to more cities." "
Meru"CEO, Nilesh Sangoi said, "We are launching a pilot in Hyderabad with Mahindra eVerito sedan cars in association with AimGreen.
Based on the learnings of this pilot, we will expand this initiative to induct more EVs in our network in other cities that we operate in.
Over the next four years, we intend to move major part of our fleet to EVs.
We believe that this initiative will greatly benefit the society, consumers and also enhance the earnings of our driver partners."
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The Mahindra eVerito will be available for booking in Hyderabad through Meru's mobile apps, website and will also be available at the Meru Zone at Hyderabad airport.
The services will be available at the same fare as governed by the Telangana government's radio taxi fares for sedans, the release said.
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