ETO Motors to deploy electric autos for women drivers at Delhi Metro.

ETO Motors has entered into an agreement with GMR Varalakshmi foundation and MOWO, an NGO promoting safe mobility for women, MOWO to on-board and train women drivers for last mile e-mobility services throughout the Delhi Metros. This initiative of ETO Motors aims to create sustainable income and enhancement opportunities for 300 women earners in the focus geography. The women will be provided with skill enhancement training, continued guidance and help to run e-autos, thereby improving their employability or helping them become micro-entrepreneurs.

After deploying e-ricksaw’s at various metro stations in the national capital region, another feather in the company’s cap has been the awarding of 300 permits by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for running electric autos driven by women drivers to provide last-mile connectivity to its commuters. The e-autos driven by women would be blue and lilac in color to increase visibility from the commuter’s point of view. The first phase of over 50 E-auto fleet operations would begin from August 2022.

This is another program by the company to fast-track the process of transitioning over a hundred thousand drivers to electric vehicles through the captive ‘Green Future’ program.

ETO’s EV charging solution – Thunderbox, will be installed across Delhi at various metro stations, Residential societies, public/semipublic malls etc. This will help all the females to have easy access to the charging points for e2W and e3Waddressing driver’s range anxiety