{"id":2504,"date":"2018-01-30T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridesharedriversunited.com\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2018-01-30T22:18:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:18:05","slug":"ride-sharing-giant-ola-coming-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ridesharedriversunited.com\/ride-sharing-giant-ola-coming-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride-sharing giant Ola coming to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"INDIAN ride-sharing giant Ola will launch in Australia within months.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2010, the fierce Uber rival is now one of the world\u2019s biggest ride-sharing companies, with more than 900,000 \u201cdriver-partners\u201d in 110 cities in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited about launching Ola in Australia and see immense potential for the ride-sharing ecosystem which embraces new technology and innovation,\u201d Ola co-founder and chief executive Bhavish Aggarwal said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a strong focus on driver-partners and the community at large, we aim to create a high-quality and affordable travel experience for citizens and look forward to contributing to a healthy mobility ecosystem in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ola is currently valued at about $US7 billion ($8.7 billion) following a $US1.1 billion capital raise late last year from Chinese internet company Tencent and Japan\u2019s Softbank. [click to read the full article…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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