The ride-sharing platform, Ola, plans to set up an Advanced Technology Center in San Francisco Bay in the US. Ola would also hire more than 150 engineers to work at the centre to develop next-generation technologies in mobility.
The engineers would collaborate with Ola's global team spread across India, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. They would focus on areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data sciences, engineering and product development.
Ankit Bhati, Co-Founder and CTO, said in a statement, "We are very excited about launching Ola’s Advanced Technology Center in the Bay Area. The Valley and the talent ecosystem here are very conducive to the development of next-generation mobility solutions."
SoftBank-backed Ola would have to switch their 40% of the vehicle as electric by 2023, Reuters quoted a source and records of government meetings around new rules for clean mobility.
India could have 30% cars and 80% two-wheelers as electric by 2030, The Financial Express quoted a report titled India's Electric Mobility Transformation: Progress to Date Future Opportunities.
Ola is a Bengaluru-based company which currently has a presence in more than 150 cities across India, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and serves more than 150 million users and completing over a billion rides annually.