Sun Mobility Aims To Set Up 100 EV Battery Swapping Stations In Bengaluru By The End Of Next Year

The Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa, formally initiated the business launch of the swapping community in Bengaluru by means of a digital occasion.

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MetroExperience’s fleet of Piaggio Ape E-City electrical three-wheelers will use of those swap factors

Sun Mobility had just lately introduced its plan to arrange 100 battery swapping stations within the metropolis of Bengaluru by the tip of subsequent 12 months. This swapping community from the electrical mobility options and repair supplier is known as Swap Points. The Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa, formally initiated the business launch of the swapping community in Bengaluru by means of a digital occasion. The firm has launched 4 swap factors at IOCL’s shops in areas like Indiranagar, Jayanagar, Koramangala and HSR Layout.

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This will guarantee a proper push for Karnataka authorities’s purpose of offering one charging station in a 3km radius grid

Moreover, the corporate additionally joined fingers with the City’s MetroExperience to offer options for the primary and final mile connectivity for Metro rails. As part of the collaboration, the fleet of MetroExperience comprising Piaggio Ape E-City electrical three-wheelers will make utilization of the swap factors deployed at prime IOCL shops.

With the roll-out of the battery swapping community, the corporate appears to be like ahead to collaborating with infrastructure enablers like BESCOM and BMRC, which is able to assist in creating a robust community of battery swapping infrastructure within the metropolis. This can even guarantee a proper push for Karnataka authorities’s purpose of offering one charging station in a 3km radius grid within the metropolis underneath its EV Policy.

Speaking on the event, Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa mentioned, “The Government of Karnataka has envisaged a systematic growth of Bengaluru, with one of the focus areas being shared mobility. As part of our efforts to make the State and its urban landscapes cleaner and greener, this support and collaboration is a significant step in furthering our vision to establish Karnataka as the EV capital of India. Bengaluru will lead the change with an environment that historically has nurtured innovation. I am excited that we will see innovative technologies and models in shared mobility emerge here, like battery swapping, that can be taken to the rest of India and the world. We look forward to working with various players in the space, and extending all necessary support to make this a reality.”

Chetan Maini, Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman, SUN Mobility mentioned, “We realise that good infrastructure is a precursor to enabling a vibrant, clean and shared mobility ecosystem in a city like Bengaluru. A great example of this is the three-wheeler market that has 180,000 three-wheelers, supported by 85 LPG stations. We want to create a similar supporting ecosystem by deploying 100 Swap Points that can power and support all forms of shared mobility in the city, including 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, and last-mile delivery trucks. Our commitment is to increase adoption of EVs in the shared mobility sector, in Bengaluru, by making refueling faster, cheaper, more accessible and convenient (through swapping).”

Sun Mobility additionally partnered with the City’s MetroExperience to resolve first and last-mile connectivity for metro rails

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“There is a need for reliable and efficient transport solutions for Metro Rail which can greatly increase its ridership. With our focus on metro riders, the partnership with SUN Mobility will help make last-mile commuting easy, safe and eco-friendly for everyone,” mentioned Girish Nagpal, CEO & Co-Founder, MetroExperience.

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Diego Graffi, Chairman and MD, Piaggio Vehicles Private Ltd mentioned, “We are pleased to start our EV business in Bengaluru, in association with SUN Mobility and MetroRide. At Piaggio, we always believe in providing best in class solutions to our customers in the last-mile transportation segment. Our Ape’ E-City, with the swappable battery solution, will provide an easy, clean & comfortable metro station commute, which is the need of the hour for a fast, young & cosmopolitan city like Bengaluru. We have delivered the initial lot of vehicles to MetroRide, and will hope to increase the fleet of this unique offering with them. This will in due course of time transform the metro commute benefiting not only daily commuters, but also provide better earn-ability to the drivers.”

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