EVRE to set-up 1000 EV charging hubs by 2023

Mumbai, Jan 28 (Agency) EV charging infratech player EVRE on Thursday said it plans to invest around Rs 500 crore to set up 1000 tech-enabled charging hubs across India by end of 2023 to build the country’s largest integrated and connected EV charging ecosystem. With dedicated focus towards serving ev-fleets uniformly across the country, EVRE is looking at multifold growth in the charging hubs to meet the demand for EV chargers, the company said in a statement issued here.
These ev-fleets include EVs used for e-commerce, FMCG, passenger and commercial EVs used for intracity and last-mile mobility. “EVRE aims to accomplish this milestone in partnership with individual partners, wherein EVRE will continue to remain the technology-enabler and the partners will own the hubs including land, charging stations, civil and electrical infra. As per early estimate, a total of Rs 500 crores of cumulatively inclusive investment will be required to achieve this milestone,” the company said. All the tech-enabled charging hubs will be standardized for fast and slow chargers, with an intelligent framework including telematics for real time monitoring, dynamic load management solutions, smart-key management for unmanned management of fleets. All these facilities will be available for use of the e-fleet operator through one-web dashboard and EVRE App, it said.
“Our world-class EV fleet management solutions at EVRE Charging Hubs across the country are best-suited to meet the demands of large e-fleets and their drivers within the short-window of these pit-stops. With 1,000 automated EV charging hubs, we aim to build the country’s largest technology-enabled EV charging ecosystem,” EVRE Co-Founder and CEO Krishna K Jasti said. The company is operating over 50 such operationally-profitable hubs with the large hubs accommodating and charging 80 vehicles at the same time.