Zoomcar and ETO Motors join hands to help electric mobility

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): Zoomcar, a membership-based rental car supplier, has signed a memorandum of undertaking (MoU) with Hyderabad-based ETO Motors, an electric mobility solutions & services company, to give a platform to ETO's electric, shared 3-wheeler business. The collaboration will focus on the first mile, last mile, intracity passenger and goods movement across India by deploying electric vehicles in three segments- 2 wheeler, 3 wheeler, and 4 wheeler. According to the MoU, the Zoomcar will give ETO Motors access to its proprietary tech stack building a customer base for electric vehicles. ETO Motors will own and operate electric three-wheeler for shared first-mile and last-mile passenger and goods movement in the city. The collaboration focuses on providing mobility to intracity passengers and goods movement through electric vehicles. And will also provide first and last-mile connectivity. The platform made through this collaboration will help in deploying electric three-wheelers, four-wheelers, and two-wheelers first-mile, last-mile, intracity passenger, and goods movement across India. Also, ETO Motors is planning to launch a fleet of smart electric vehicles and strengthen its clean mobility solution offering. Greg Moran, CEO & Co-Founder at Zoomcar, said:

Through this partnership with ETO Motors, Zoomcar aims to leverage its AI-based platform to enable large fleet operators to better manage their assets through greater vehicle safety and lower total operating cost.

Biju Mathew, CEO of ETO Motors, said:

Zoomcar’s contribution will be in the form of its technology, including apps for customers and drivers combined with the experience of managing large scale mobility solutions. ETO will own and operate state of the art electric vehicles to deliver seamless mobility to customers. The next phase of collaboration between the respective companies with respect to the development of the co-branded digital platform will undoubtedly mark a significant step forward for the industry.

Zoom-car also launched a driver score tech stack, an AI-powered algorithm with machine learning capabilities that rates the driver’s performance on a scale of 0-100. The driver score tracks the state of the vehicle, the driving style of the client, and the real-time events impacting which can affect the vehicle.