Tata Power and Tata Motors have announced that they would install fast charging stations, in partnership. By the end of FY20, the two companies expect to set up 300 such stations in five key cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
On August 2, 2019, both companies inaugurated their first seven charging stations in Pune, to enable the e-mobility drive in the city. Over the next two months, 45 more chargers will be installed across the other four cities. These chargers will be installed at Tata Motors dealerships, certain Tata Group retail outlets and other public locations.
The chargers will be operated by Tata Power and will adhere to Bharat Standard (15 kW) for the initial 50 chargers. Going forward, there will also be charging stations adhering to 30-50 kW DC CCS2 Standard. These chargers can be accessed by any electric vehicle user, having cars compatible to the above charging standards. Tata Power and Tata Motors have jointly developed an attractive charging tariff for Tata Motors EV customers.
Tata Power’s current EV infrastructure presence in Mumbai is 42 charging points and its mobility infrastructure footprint is in multiple cities including Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi with a total of 85 charging points set up across various usage scenarios. The company has signed MoUs for setting up commercial scale EV charging stations at HPCL, IOCL, and IGL retail outlets. The company also partnered with Tata Motors earlier to support Maharashtra Government’s vision of promoting e-mobility in the state by setting up public EV charging stations, a release from Tata Power said.
Photo shows Ramesh Subramanyam, CFO & President – New Businesses (left) and Shailesh Chandra, President – Electric Mobility Business & Corporate Strategy, Tata Motors Ltd. with a Tata Tigor EV and the newly installed charging station at Concorde Motors, Baner, Pune.
