Yulu’s Dockless Model Prove The Remedy To India’s Hyper-Congested Cities?

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#Organizer : Inc42 / Yulu #City : Bengaluru

Rising pollution, congested roads and barely any room to breathe, let alone park your cars — it’s the story of every Indian city and a pain point that the electric mobility ecosystem finds easiest to tackle, given this apparent need.
From Mahindra, Hyundai, and Tata to luxury brands such as Mercedes and BMW, the industry has bought in on India’s electric mobility ambitions, but it’s the small vehicles such as two-wheelers, three-wheelers that are expected to drive the next generation of mobility solutions. That’s because these are the vehicles that Indians use the most and where the pain point is obvious and visible.
For Amit Gupta, the time to push for last-mile solutions came “when it started taking half an hour or more to scale shorter distances of less than two km.”
This personal pain point was the root inspiration to launch Yulu. The cofounder and CEO also saw the larger picture of the congestion and pollution in most large cities in India.
Solving The Charging

With more than 14K vehicles (bikes and cycles) and 1.8 Mn users, Yulu is something of a success in the fledgling Indian dockless bike market. Cofounder Gupta believes that this is a result of four innovative practices. The first being the creation of a unique battery-swapping network by placing proprietary IoT-enabled charging boxes (Yulu Max) at hundreds of mom-n-pop stores across the operational areas.
“Unlike China, Indian cities don’t have the infrastructure for parking of shared mobility vehicles. We solved this problem by working with cities, corporates, and citizens who have given access to prime real estate to create Yulu Zones,” said Gupta, adding that most such spots have been offered to Yulu to help build sustainable mobility for the cities in a collaborative manner.

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