Indian carmakers Tata Power and Tata Motors said Friday that they will jointly install 300 fast charging stations in five cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad by the end of the fiscal year.
As part of this initiative, the companies opened seven charging stations in Pune on Friday to enable mobile travel in the city.
Over the next two months, they plan to install 45 more chargers in four other cities. The chargers will be installed at Tata Motors dealerships, selected Tata Group retail locations and other public areas.
“Our goal is to make charging electric vehicles as fast and easy as possible for all Indians, and we are very pleased to partner with Tata Motors, with whom we have jointly identified the most convenient locations for potential electric vehicle owners,” explained Tata Power CEO Pravir Sinha. .
The chargers will be operated by Tata Power and comply with the Bharat (15 kW) standard for the first 50 chargers. In the future, the companies also plan to have charging stations that will comply with the CCS2 DC 30-50 kW standard.
Shataesh Chandra, Tata Motors' president of EV business and corporate strategy, said the chargers can be accessed by any user of an EV that is compatible with the above charging standards.
Tata Power currently has 42 charging points in Mumbai.
Tata Motors announced plans to launch four production models of electric cars at once.
The flagship electric vehicles will be the Tata Nexon EV SUV and the electric version of the new Altroz hatchback. Altroz will receive a cruising range of about 250-300 km, depending on the configuration. Nexon will likely have similar metrics.
The other two are the Tigor EV sedan and another vehicle whose name is currently unknown.
