Tag: Greg Moran

Zoomcar introduces ZoomChariot for Valentines Day

Bangalore, February 14, 2024: Zoomcar, a leading marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets that recently got publicly listed on NASDAQ, has announced a heartwarming addition to its car fleet just in time for Valentine’s Day: the ZoomChariot. Every year brands battle for the most unique ways to make their customers feel loved. This year, Zoomcar has gone above and beyond their car-sharing marketplace model where local hosts share their cars with guests, and introduced a special e-victoria buggy called the ZoomChariot.

Zoom car

This innovative initiative aims to elevate the Valentine’s Day experience in the most romantic way of travel through the enchanting streets of Nariman Point, Mumbai. The inspiration behind the ZoomChariot campaign stems from the desire to offer people unique and unforgettable experiences. Whether or not you own a car, with Zoomcar you can always drive one like you own it and indulge yourself in luxury by booking high-end cars on special occasions like Valentine’s Day. By introducing the ZoomChariot, Zoomcar aims to cater to this sentiment, providing couples with a novel and enchanting way to celebrate their love by traveling in style.

The ZoomChariot can be directly booked on the Zoomcar app. On the day of going live, hundreds of customers immediately booked the ZoomChariot, and all slots were sold out within minutes. People at Nariman Point were lining up to get on board a beautiful chariot decorated with flowers, balloons, and fairy lights and also talked about it on Instagram and X.com (formerly Twitter)

Yogita Naik, an Instagram user who goes by the handle dil.se.foodie stumbled upon this ZoomChariot, took a ride, and shared a reel capturing her experience:

Another X.com user, Mehul Fanawala spotted the ZoomChariot and posted on his feed:

“At Zoomcar, we are constantly striving to enhance our customers’ experiences and create moments that matter,” said Greg Moran, CEO of Zoomcar. “With the introduction of the ZoomChariot, we aim to provide couples with an elevated and memorable way to celebrate Valentine’s Day”.

With the ZoomChariot, Zoomcar reaffirms its commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, offering an unparalleled Valentine’s Day experience that combines romance, convenience, and adventure.

 

Leo Wibisono Arifin - Vice President & Country Head in Indonesia

Zoomcar launches in Indonesia and Vietnam- announces appointment of country heads

India: Zoomcar, the largest car sharing marketplace covering emerging markets today announced the launch of their operations in Indonesia and Vietnam. Zoomcar, which dominates the self-drive car rental market in India, has expanded to other Southeast Asia markets following their recent entry into Philippines and Egypt and appointed country heads in Indonesia and Vietnam to help scale their business.

As the Vice President & Country Head, Leo Wibisono Arifin will lead Zoomcar’s operations in Indonesia. Prior to joining Zoomcar, Leo worked for Indonesia’s largest tech company GOJEK as the Head of Strategy. Leo has a proven track record in growing a multimillion dollar cross-product P&L outside Jakarta, leading and building a high performing team which consists of >100 multidisciplinary professionals and leading company-wide major business turnaround, profitability improvement and growth initiatives. Leo joins Zoomcar to expand its mission in revolutionizing mobility sector in Indonesia, the largest SEA country that is also known as Digital Archipelago.

Kiet Pham - Vice President & Country Head in Vietnam
Kiet Pham – Vice President & Country Head in Vietnam

Kiet Pham joins Zoomcar as the Vice President and Country Head for the company’s expansion into Vietnam. Kiet previously has held senior management positions in companies like GOJEK, OYO and Nielsen. Kiet strongly believes in innovation as a vehicle for sustainability and is committed to making positive impacts to communities and organizations that he is a part of, through innovation.

Leo and Kiet come with over a decade’s experience and their expertise in start-up management will prove vital in establishing Zoomcar as the first-to-market car-sharing platform in Indonesia and Vietnam.

Commenting on Zoomcar’s international expansion and appointment of new country heads Greg Moran, CEO & Co-Founder Zoomcar said, “At Zoomcar, we have always been focused on personal mobility and with our recent entry into Philippines and Egypt we are happy to announce our foray into other Southeast Asia markets. Indonesia and Vietnam have low levels of vehicle ownership but large, upwardly mobile populations creating a perfect opportunity for us to leverage. We are thrilled to welcome Leo and Kiet as our new country heads and look forward to benefiting from their experience of scaling up aggressively and building synergistic partnerships contributing to our growth in Indonesia and Vietnam.

About Zoomcar

Zoomcar launched India’s first personal mobility platform in 2013, and today is the market leader in the car sharing ecosystem with over 7,000 cars on its platform with a presence across 5 countries. Zoomcar allows users to rent cars by the hour, day, week, or month. Headquartered in Bangalore, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 50+ cities across India. In 2020, Zoomcar launched Zoomcar Mobility Services, the Company’s enterprise SaaS based mobility solutions offering covering white-labelled subscription services and IoT based driver behavior monitoring solutions. Zoomcar is the largest car sharing marketplace covering emerging markets