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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Indian ride-hailing app Ola to open £100m electric car facility in Coventry

an ola scooter on display
Ola claims to be the world’s third-largest ride-hailing app. It also makes an electric road-going scooter. Photograph: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

Indian tech company Ola has announced plans to invest £100m in the UK to open a research and development facility for a planned electric car, in a significant boost to the British automotive industry.

Ola launched its taxi app that rivals Uber in cities including London, Birmingham and Cardiff in 2018, but it is pushing into electric vehicles with a recently launched road-going scooter and a planned electric car.

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