News Desk, News Nation 360 : In the presence of Ashim Kumar Bose, Member, Mayor-in-Council, West Bengal Urban Employment Scheme–Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and other dignitaries, Yulu, the biggest shared electric mobility firm in India, inaugurated its services in Kolkata, West Bengal. Soham Misra, an industrialist from the city, launched Electrie, a company that will use Yulu's full-stack mobility ecosystem, including its DeX GR electric cars (EVs) and state-of-the-art technology platform, to spread throughout the city. Yulu has acquired a sizeable market in quick commerce and e-commerce delivery operations, with over 45,000 electric vehicles across India, thereby reducing the fuel and maintenance costs for a brand, through its platform and making it capable of saving the cost of deliveries by up to 40%. Also, Yulu gives affordable, efficient mobility solutions to these delivery riders by creating lakhs of gig workers with sustainable livelihood opportunities. The company will focus on certain neighbourhoods in its initial deployment in Kolkata with plans for future expansion to areas such as Rajarhat, Salt Lake, New Town, Howrah, and North & South 24 Parganas. Yuma
Energy will provide battery swapping stations that will enable the infrastructure needed for the EV fleet to operate effectively. Yulu has expanded to Kolkata, marking its entry into Eastern India and its 13th market. The company has collaborated with Electrie, a new-age energy and mobility brand, to deploy Yulu Dex EVs in key areas of Kolkata, including Topsia, Ballygunge, Park Street, and Jadavpur. This strategic move leverages Kolkata's dense urban layout, growing e-commerce and quick commerce demand, and an environmentally-conscious population. Electrie will onboard around 1,000 delivery riders across platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, Zepto, and Amazon in the next six months to build a cleaner mobility ecosystem of the city. This partnership will be part of Yulu's franchise initiative called Yulu Business Partner (YBP), which has already been implemented in cities like Indore, Kochi, Tirunelveli, Pondicherry, and Vadodara.
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