Panasonic Life Solutions India will provide high-tech EV charging infrastructure for more than 1,000 electric buses to PMI Electro Mobility Solution Pvt Ltd.
Accordingly, PLSI will set up EV charging stations across 17 India cities to facilitate the charging of these electric buses.
Panasonic Life Solution India’s electric mobility ecosystem portfolio includes AC chargers and DC chargers. With these services, the aim is to cater to the EV fleet owners, e-commerce, and logistics companies at large, thereby supporting them to manage their fleet efficiently.
PMI has to supply 1,000 electric buses across 18 cities in India, on gross cost contract basis. The buses shall operate 200-220 km on a daily basis. For this, PMI has selected Panasonic Life Solutions as its charging infrastructure partner.
Satish Jain, PMI Electro Mobility Solution, said “Panasonic being one of the most reputable brands provides additional comfort. The chargers provided by Panasonic are one of the most advanced, and fast chargers by which we will be able to charge our buses within 40 minutes. PMI is proud to be a strong partner in the current e-mobility movement in India and takes pride in being a major stakeholder in the public transportation sector.”
Dinesh Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director, Panasonic Life Solutions India Pvt Ltd said that, “In order to encourage wider adoption of e-mobility, the Central government introduced Phase II of the FAME scheme to facilitate the EV market in India. Such good policy support is required to encourage EVs through an ecosystem of research, manufacturing, storage, and charging infrastructure. We are excited about extending our e-mobility services across the states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Odisha in the first phase.”
Featured photograph shows exchange of documents of the agreement between Panasonic Life Solutions India and PMI Electro Mobility Solutions.
