M&M offers mobility service for office workers in Mumbai

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has launched an electric mobility service called Glyd for commuters travelling to offices in Mumbai, India. Glyd comprises ten electric sedans called e-Veritos which are operating between corporate hubs at the Bandra Kurla Complex and the city’s western suburbs. M&M will gradually expand the service to crowdsource routes based on demand. M&M is deploying the service as part of an agreement with telecoms operator Vodafone-Idea and Cisco Systems. The fleet comes with conn
March 5, 2019 Read time: 1 min
4935 Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has launched an electric mobility service called Glyd for commuters travelling to offices in Mumbai, India.  


Glyd comprises ten electric sedans called e-Veritos which are operating between corporate hubs at the Bandra Kurla Complex and the city’s western suburbs. M&M will gradually expand the service to crowdsource routes based on demand.

M&M is deploying the service as part of an agreement with telecoms operator Vodafone-Idea and 1028 Cisco Systems.

The fleet comes with connected car features such as web conferencing, curated entertainment and music from selected partners.

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