Update: Ola has now expanded the operation to its seventh city in Australia with Adelaide. The company said that it will continue its rollout in Australia, with future launch cities including Darwin and Hobart. Earlier update May 22: Cab-hailing company Ola has now expanded its operations in Australia to Brisbane, Gold Coast and Canberra. Now Bangalore-headquartered Ola is present in 6 cities in Australia and claims to have a total of 30,000 driver-partners in the region. Ola said in a statement it will now next expand to Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. April 12, 2018: Following its expansion in Australia with Perth and Sydney last month, cab-hailing company Ola has launched its service in Melbourne. The company said that, it will further continue its rollout in Australia, with future launch cities including Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. The company has received 15,000 registrations from driver partners across Australia till date. Ola is also offering introductory commission rate 7.5% and daily payments in the state. It is unclear, what is the commission rate otherwise in the country. Remember how it started in India? Cab aggregators including Ola started with low commission price then increased it as they grew operations. This led to a situation where that drivers were are not able to make their ends meet or pay EMIs for their car loans. In February 2017, we saw the first instance where an Ola driver tried to kill himself by consuming poison in a strike in Bangalore. Ola and Uber encourage drivers to buy cars on loan. Many…
