ETO Motors strengthens support for women empowerment, will benefit over 300 women of Delhi

New Delhi, July 21, 2022: ETO Motors, India’s No. 1 EMaaS (Electric Mobility as a Service) Company with its unique 360-degrees Electric Mobility business model, has planned to deploy electric autos as last-mile connectivity to commuters driven by women at the Metro Stations in Delhi from August 2022 onwards. The Company thrives on the 3E Principles of Environment, Employment & Empowerment where women power takes the driver’s seat, offering a service focusing largely on the deployment of clean mobility services that are sustainable. This concept is testament to ETO’s support to women empowerment, gender parity and vibrant communities.
 
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 already illustrious 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.
 
“Our commitment to empowering women folk is truly unique and is underlined by the fact that ETO Motors has trained 100 young unemployed women to drive electric autos in the 100% electric mobility city of Kevadia in Gujarat. We are now adding 300 electric autos in the Metro Stations in the Delhi, driven by women who will provide last-mile connectivity services to commuters who would use the metro service”, said Deepankar Tiwari, Non-Executive Vice Chairman.