Ola officially launches in Perth

Australia’s newest ride-sharing platform offers free rides for a week to riders and increased earnings potential for driver-partners

Perth – Australia, February 22, 2018: Following a successful soft launch, Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-sharing platforms is now officially operating in Perth, and has hired its first set of Australian employees in the city to build local partnerships and support driver-partners.

While the focus of the soft launch was to onboard drivers and test out its services, Ola will officially engage potential riders from today through a wide variety of offers, and continue to recruit driver-partners.

Building trust amongst both customers and driver-partners is important to develop a viable ride-sharing marketplace that delivers a high-quality transport experience. Since initiating trials a week ago, the service has received a strong response from driver-partners with over 4,000 registrations.

While providing passengers a better way to move, Ola’s growth and expansion overseas has always been driven by a driver-partner focused approach to ride-sharing, including investing in its partners and supporting them with new technology, training and ways to increase earnings.

In the coming weeks, Ola plans to roll out a number of new initiatives for driver partners including new earnings programs, 24/7 support, community town-halls, fuel offers and other vehicle services.

Chandra Nath, Vice President of International, Ola said,“We are excited to officially start offering rides to customers in Perth. Since we began testing in the city last week, we’ve been really pleased with the response and feedback we’re receiving from customers, driver-partners and the community.”

Customers in Perth can continue to download the Ola app from the Android or Apple App Store, register for an Ola account and begin booking rides. Driver-partners can learn more about driving and registering with Ola by visitingdrive.olacabs.com

For more details: team-ola@ogilvy.com.au          

Note to editors:

Founded in 2011 by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Ola is one of the world’s largest ride-sharing companies. Ola integrates city transportation for customers and driver-partners onto a mobile technology platform ensuring convenient, transparent, and quick service fulfilment. Ola is focused on leveraging the best of technology and building innovative solutions ground-up, that are relevant at global scale. Notably, in 2016, Ola Play the world’s first connected car platform for ride-sharing was launched, transforming commuting experiences and setting the tone for global innovation in this space. Using the Ola mobile app, users across 110+ cities, can connect with over 1,000,000 driver-partners across cabs, auto-rickshaws, and taxis. Driven by a hyperlocal approach, Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people.