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GoFuel launches doorstep diesel delivery in Mumbai
     Thane, Aug 19 (PTI) GoFuel has launched doorstep diesel delivery services in Mumbai.
     The startup is now supplying High Speed Diesel (HSD) at the customer's doorstep.
     The GoFuel app and its operations in association with franchise partner Rawat Energies was launched on Friday by actor Pradeep Rawat and Pawas, Regional Manager - West Zone, HPCL.
     Vinodhraj, founder and CEO of GoFuel, and Aditya Meesala, co-founder of the startup, were present at the event.
     Vinodhraj said GoFuel is poised to address the needs of not just diesel delivery but also the electric vehicles domain.
     In the near future, 10,000 electric bikes supported by GoFuel's charging and swapping ecosystem will have a huge role in the segment, he added.
     Meesala said GoFuel has acquired supply licenses from all three major oil marketing companies -- IOCL, BPCL and HPCL, making it the first non-government backed oil distribution company in the country.
     Further, he said in the October-December quarter of 2022, GoFuel will be launching its operations in Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Salem.
     Under its targeted scale-up plan, in the next 18 months  GoFuel will have a nation-wide distribution network, he added. PTI COR ABM
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