Matter pilots AERA e-motorcycles with Bharat Taxi in 90-day cooperative bike-taxi push

Matter signed an MoU with cooperative-backed Bharat Taxi to deploy its AERA electric motorcycles in a 90-day bike-taxi pilot across 14 Gujarat cities, with a roadmap to 500+ cities. The tie-up leans on cooperative institutions (AMUL, IFFCO, NABARD, NCDC) to seed an EV-first fleet challenging Rapido, Uber and Ola.

— Filed Sat, 27 Jun, 2026, 22:06 IST · Source The Hindu BusinessLine · Updated

Matter signed an MoU with cooperative-backed Bharat Taxi to pilot its AERA electric motorcycles as bike taxis for 90 days, targeting an EV-first fleet ecosystem with planned expansion across major Indian cities post-pilot.

Why this matters

Extends Matter's recent move onto Bharat Taxi's cooperative bike-taxi network, converting an earlier pilot signal into a structured 90-day rollout with a 500-city expansion path.

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