Oye Rickshaw to deploy over 1 lakh e-rickshaws this yr

Mumbai: Matrix Partner-backed EV mobility firm Oye Rickshaw on Tuesday said it is planning to deploy over 1,00,000 e-rickshaws and expand operations to 25 new cities by this year.

With over 10,000+ e-rickshaws, the micro-mobility company offers its services in Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. With 2022 set to be the year of building and strengthening the Indian EV ecosystem, Oye Rickshaw is building a future-ready electric mobility ecosystem best suited to the needs of cities and towns across India through its three services: rides, deliveries and energy infrastructure, the company said in a release.

Oye Rickshaw is set to launch its operations in 25 new cities along with deploying 100,000 commercial EVs by 2022 to achieve the annual revenue run rate target of Rs 4,500 million, it added. The company said it has completed over 3.5 million deliveries to the direct customers of some of the major e-commerce players in the country in 2021.