Ola unveils ‘Ola Cars’ for vehicle buying, appoints Arun Sirdeshmukh as CEO

Ride-hailing platform Ola on Thursday announced the launch of its vehicle commerce platform that will enable customers to buy new and pre-owned vehicles through the Ola app.

The Bengaluru-based company is also looking at scaling the reach of the platform Ola Cars – to 100 cities by the next year.

“Ola Cars will begin with pre-owned and, over time, Ola will open it up for new vehicles from Ola Electric and other automotive brands as well…Starting with 30 cities, Ola Cars will soon scale up to over 100 cities by next year,” it said in a statement said on Thursday.