As mobility service provider Ola is going full steam ahead with its Ola Future factory in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the company has released pictures of the soon to be launched scooters. The Ola factory built on 500 acres of land will be located in Krishnagiri district in TN.
The factory will be the world’s largest two-wheeler factory with an annual capacity of 10 million vehicles. The facility will be ready by 2022. Phase 1 of plant will be ready with initial annual capacity of 2 million vehicles around June 2021.
The company stated that one scooter will roll out of the factory every 2 seconds at full capacity and that there would be as total of 10 production lines at full capacity. The plant’s mega-block will house all production facilities in around 43 acres. The integrated manufacturing facility will have sections for battery, paint shop, weld, motor, general assembly and finished goods. It would have two supplier parks where the critical suppliers will be co-located at Ola factory.
The plant will have its own test track inside the factory and the factory itself be the most advanced 2-wheeler factory with 3000 robots and will be AI-powered and built on Industry 4.0 principles. The factory will have a mega-block with solar roof-top, will be solar and renewable energy powered carbon negative and there would be a 2-acre central forest inside the mega-block and 100 acres forest on the site. Direct employment for around 10000 people will be created by Ola (additional jobs created by vendors and suppliers).
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