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Celebrating Women's Day with Action: Zypp Electric to Empower 2000 Women Riders

By Team TheCSRUniverse Published 09 Mar 2024 Updated 10 Mar 2024

Gurugram, March 9, 2024: In celebration of International Women's Day, Zypp Electric, India's leading tech-enabled EV-as-a-service platform, has announced plan to empower women within the green mobility sector.

As part of the year-long plan, the company plans to deploy more than 2,000 women rider partners in 12 Months, towards fostering gender equality and creating empowering opportunities for women in the EV sector. According to the Zypp Electric officials, the company also plans to deploy 200k EVs in the next 24 months and is expecting industry support to onboard at least 10% i.e. 20k delivery partners to be women.

To further encourage women to join as driver-partners, Zypp offers a special joining bonus of INR 2000, alongside a tailored assurance plan ensuring their safety and support. Towards skill development, Zypp also organizes training batches specifically for women, to help them become mechanics or technicians within the maintenance teams. Also, the company is collaborating with various NGOs and impact organizations to enhance female representation in the EV sector.

Zypp Electric has 340 women riders within the company, who earn more than Rs. 25,000 a month.

Speaking on the inclusive workforce, Rashi Agarwal, Co-Founder & CBO, Zypp Electric, said, "At Zypp Electric, we believe in leading by example when it comes to promoting gender equality and providing equal opportunities. Our women riders and employees are integral to our success, and we are committed to supporting them through favourable policies, training programs and an enabling work environment. The intent is to diversify our fleet, provide opportunities to women, and enable them to earn through our platform. This initiative is a step towards a future where our roads are filled with empowered women riders contributing to the economy, growth and sustainability.”

Zypp Electric also takes a women-first approach in all its operations, employing women in traditionally male-dominated roles such as mechanics, ensuring that women are empowered at all levels of the organization.

Zypp Electric is India’s leading tech-enabled EV-as-a-Service platform, founded in 2017 with a Mission of Zero Emission and to make India carbon-free by using an ecosystem of Electric Vehicles and EV-based technology. Zypp Electric's business model is to make carbon-free last-mile delivery for local merchants from e-commerce giants to delivery executives and thereby reduce delivery cost and pollution on an asset-light model. The company currently delivers groceries, medicines, food, and e-commerce packages through its fully automated IoT and AI-enabled scooters which are low on maintenance and high on performance. The technology tracks batteries that can be replaced at Zypp swapping stations which are installed at key touchpoints. Eco-friendly EV services also reduce the cost per delivery and help to make the city pollution-free. Currently, it has over 20,000+ and increasing Zypp EVs and pilots (delivery executives) working towards this mission.