The implementation will include setting up 100 charging stations in first 30 cities by March 2022
Homegrown EV charging infrastructure provider EVRE has announced that it has partnered with Mad About Wheels (MAW) to enable EV dealerships across 100+ cities with over 500 EV Chargers to begin.
EVRE in association with MAW will set-up public EV charging infrastructure at these 100+ locations, benefiting the respective dealer network operators and EV owners with easy access to quality EV chargers, majorly in tier-II & III cities, the company said in a statement.
MAW, which is India’s first brand agnostic electric mobility & automotive solutions and retail services provider through its phygital platform, will enable all deployment at its e-retail partners, in association with EVRE. EVRE will manufacture, establish, own and operate this EV charging infrastructure.
The implementation will include setting up 100 charging stations in first 30 cities by March 2022.
The tariffs for charging EVs will be in accordance with the electricity tariff in respective locations, and enabled through the EVRE App available on all app stores].
Krishna K Jasti, co-founder and CEO of EVRE, said, “We at EVRE strive to increase the touchpoints for EVs with our EV charging infrastructure and continue to increase our footprint across the country. MAW provides us one such platform that enables us to reach out to the length of breadth of the country, touching a majority of the districts within a year.”
“We believe that tier-II/III cities in India will play an important role in pushing the clean mobility drive and we are fully geared-up to satiate that demand across the country with our hub model,” said Jasti.
The company said that with the first EV-ready more than 100-strong dealer network, MAW and EVRE aim to start building the EV ecosystem across the nation.
“At Mad About Wheels, our focus is to provide consumer-centric infrastructure to enable our dealer-partners by providing enhanced experience for our existing and potential EV-customers, brands in association, new partnership in discussion,” said Amresh Khar, co-founder of Mad About Wheels.
Under the arrangement, dealers get the charging point exclusive and free of investment in these assets, he said.