Magenta and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) have together launched the first set of street lamp-integrated EV charger.
Called “ChargeGrid Flare”, the chargers have been launched at HPCL’s Bandra Kurla Complex outlet in Mumbai and Nitimarg T&E outlet in Delhi.
Such EV charging points are the first in India to incorporate energy-efficient street lamp columns, which will encourage EV adoption for flexible and low-cost charging solutions.
Magenta aims at installing 1000 more “ChargeGrid Flare” units pan-India by end-2021. Recently Magenta announced the launch of a new “Business Associate Program” to set-up low cost EV charging stations in India.
The ChargeGrid Flare is a smartly built, inclusive of power-saving efficient LED lamp, robust street light pole and EV supply equipment made for Indian climatic conditions enabling online and remote monitoring of the chargers. It has automated payment gateway through the ChargeGrid App, thereby eliminating the need of having a station marshal to monitor, maintain and operate the chargers at the location.
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The new EV charger is an ideal solution for installation into both new and existing car parking, street/corporate parking environments, and at retail outlets. This technology will enable cities to deploy curbside vehicle charging infrastructure rapidly, and less street clutter than other approaches. Designed exclusively to offer an energy-efficient streetlight combined with an EV charging point, it is a one-of-a-kind product, which offers integrated EV charging facilities from within a durable, traditional-looking, streetlight, a company release said.
(Featured collage shows long view (left) and close-up view of ChargeGrid Flare.)
