Aggarwal further adds, "India is already an important market for Fortum, which has flourishing solar operations in the country. The collaboration of Fortum and Clean Motion is a step forward to achieve our Company's vision "For a cleaner world". Increased adoption of EV also means improved battery technology at affordable price and therefore, this collaboration agreement will further boost the market adoption of electric vehicles.

Awadhesh Kumar Jha, Vice President - Charge & Drive & Sustainability, Fortum India said, "Fortum, being a Clean Energy Company, intends to provide green energy solutions to all variants of electric vehicles in India.  He further adds that Fortum look at the batteries as containers of electric energy which is quite suitable for swapping in light electrical vehicles. This collaboration complements its pioneer Charge & Drive, which is built for billions, where EV is charged and driven whereas this project instead let you change the energy canister and drive EV."

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