Ola Futurefactory will employ 10,000 women at full capacity.
Ola and Mahindra are two companies that are at the forefront of India’s fast-growing electric vehicle movement, but it seems they have one more factor in common. This afternoon, Ola CEO Bhavish Agarwal gave social media users a glimpse of the all-women Ola Futurefactory, where the company aims to manufacture 10 million electric scooters annually by 2022. The video of Bhavish Agarwal celebrating “Girl Power” at Ola Futurefactory came soon after Anand. Mahindra Group Chairman Mahindra lauded the Mahila Shakti team for launching Mahindra Treo Electric Auto in Nepal.
Bhavish Aggarwal on Wednesday afternoon shared a video of women working at Ola Futurefactory, where the first group of workers started last month. They previously announced that FutureFactory would employ 10,000 women at full capacity, making it “the world’s largest women-only factory and the only women’s automotive manufacturing facility globally”.
“The women at our FutureFactory are rapidly increasing production!” While sharing the video, the CEO of Ola wrote.
Girl power for green power! let’s go! #join the revolution only at https://t.co/5SIc3JheyO Today! https://t.co/ChReFV9pMB
— Ola Electric (@OlaElectric) October 27, 2021
A day after Mahindra Electric launched the Treo at its first international destination, the women-only factory gave a glimpse of them. Mahindra Electric CEO Suman Mishra had shared a picture from the all-women launch of Electric Auto in Nepal. Responding to the picture, Mr Mahindra wrote: “Women power = looks like renewable energy! This is an electrifying idea…”
Woman seems to be power = renewable energy! It’s an electrifying idea… https://t.co/emtKIY11n1
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) 26 October 2021
Many on Twitter termed the women empowerment initiative of Ola and Mahindra as a step in the right direction.
This is the real women empowerment.
— Captain Jakwa (@h_coona_matata) October 27, 2021
This is a very powerful message for gender equality and a better and more inclusive planet.
— true (@yogisach1) October 27, 2021
More power to women power! Praise ????????????
— Dr. Renu Sharma (@renujaiho) 26 October 2021
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— arpana m (@m_arpana) 26 October 2021
In a statement announcing Ola Futurefactory in September, Bhavish Agarwal had said that this was the first in a series of initiatives that the company would undertake “to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities for women across the board”.
Earlier this month, online food delivery platform Swiggy had announced Several measures for our female delivery partners in an effort to increase the number of women in their delivery fleet. These include two days of paid time-off during periods every month, access to hygienic washrooms and increased security measures.
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