Industry stories
Is it the end of road for 25kW and 30kW chargers?
It will be surprising to many that roughly one third of India’s fast charging infrastructure, 3850 chargers, are rated 30kW and below. It has been a few years since the launch of mainstream cars that are rated to charge at 60kW and above.
2509 CMS Report
A Charge Point Operator buys a charger from a charger OEM. The CPOs get the charger online and the new charge point is now visible on the CPO app. When you connect your car to this charger, the CMS plays a crucial role to communicate to the charger that your car is plugged in and needs energy. Thus, CMS companies play a crucial role in enabling e-mobili…
Bull Case for Oil PSUs
BPCL, HPCL and IOCL represent around 41% of the CCS2 charging infrastructure in India. But over various months of tracking, we’ve realised that most of these chargers are usually offline, a staggering 75% of their network is offline. Despite having such a large share of fast charging infrastructure under their network, their share in working CCS2 charge…
2509 Hardware Report
Hope you had great holidays! We are back to our regular publishing schedule from this week.
2509 EV Charging Infra
This is the ninth edition on the state of Indian EV Charging infrastructure. This report contains charts depicting trends across the industry over two years, CCS2 and Type2 connectors, leading charge point operators in each zone, non working connectors, infrastructure in major metro cities across the country.
2509 EVInfra
Last week, we published a 10,000 ft overview of what is happening in the charging infrastructure space. Today, we will dig deeper and get more insights about the charging infrastructure. We will talk about where the chargers are being hosted, configuration of chargers at charging stations, chargers on highways, non working chargers in more detail, infrastructure density of CPOs, average power ratings across CPOs and states, highway proximity to the chargers, which brands are the most prominent ones in various categories and a couple of more interesting facets about charging infrastructure.
Lifetime warranties
In 2024, JSW MG changed the way EVs are sold in India. They were the first ones to launch lifetime warranty for their newly launched Windsor. This move, along with some good marketing was an attractive pull for existing and new EV owners. Existing EV owners had seen various battery pack failures with Tata Motor cars and this was a welcome relief.
EV Charger Trends
Today, we are going to look at the trends have been in the EV Charger business. We will understand the historical trends and the guidance for the next generation of EV chargers. The CPOs must realise that there is an impending threat to their network. They have a few choices to counter that threat, but they must act now.
Utilization
Buckle up for a groundbreaking journey into the heart of India’s electric vehicle revolution! We’re thrilled to unveil our exclusive findings on public charger utilization across the nation through this article and our cutting-edge, brand new, PowerBI tool, EVUtilBI. This first-of-its-kind report dives deep into how India’s four-wheeler (4W) electric ve…
EV Charger Accessibility
This is a guest post by Jaideep Saraswat, associate director at Vasudha Foundation. Jaideep works at the intersection of clean energy, electric mobility and artificial intelligence. He has contributed to various work streams involving EV charging infrastructure, battery refurbishment, and zero emission trucks always aiming to support more sustainable an…
Zero Emission Corridors
Last week, the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister released a report identifying ten high-impact corridors for deploying zero emission trucks. You can read the report in detail here.
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
JSW MG I absolutely despise it when OEMs sneakily alter the Terms and Conditions of a deal, or when they're as vague as a politician's promise. The auto media in this country won't dare to challenge them, so I decided to dive into the muck myself. Subscribe to show support. If you can, opt for the paid subscription!
The future of EV charging - hubs
An EV charging hub refers to a site with more than 10 charging points, which can include both CCS2 and Type2 connectors. These hubs are publicly accessible to all EV users, though some charging points may be reserved for captive users like fleet operators. We have excluded these reserved points from our numerical analysis.
EV service center is ripe for disruption
A prominent disappointment for existing EV customers is the poor service center experience.
Whrring #10 - Hybrids UP Road Tax Waiver
A few days ago, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a circular stating that Hybrids being registered in UP will not be subject to Road Tax.
Whrring #7 To charge or to not charge
On 12th April 2024, Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO of Mercedes India said in an interview with the Times of India and I quote
Whrring #6 - Joining the dots Evolute Surat & ChargeZone
What? ICYMI, I published the state of EV Charging Infrastructure report last month.
Whrring #3 - GoM
GoM is referred to as Guess-o-meter. To put it simply, it is the estimated range of the car left in the tank.
Whrring #2 - BluSmart, BluCharge and now?
Delhi and Bengaluru folks have seen the BluSmart electric cabs plying across the cities. They provide no surge - no cancellations cab service. I’ve been using them frequently during my trips to Delhi. To find out the EV cabs operator in your city, check out
ChargeZone Insights for April 2023
In May 2023, ChargeZone’s LinkedIn page published their consumption patterns for the month of April.
EV Cabs in India
I came across an article stating that Uber is going to start offering the option of booking electric vehicles (EVs). They are kicking off this service in Delhi NCR and then expand it to other cities. With this, EV cabs which are currently available mostly from boutique / small players, will become a mainstream option in metro cities.
01 - Podcast with Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Jha, Fortum Charge and Drive India
You can access the audio recording here - https://expwithevs.substack.com/p/01-podcast-chatting-with-awadhesh-fortum
Let's talk about : EV Apps on your phone
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