CHARGE+ZONE, a technology-driven EV Charging Network company, has announced that it has successfully electrified over 1000 km of National Highways in India by setting up a network of twenty unmanned, app-driven EV charging points along the Gujarat-Maharashtra National highway.
Designed for personal and public e-mobility, these charging stations have been installed as part of the company's larger goal of electrifying 10,000 km of national and state highways over the next three to five years. Through this, the company has successfully cracked Dealer Owned Company Operated (DOCO) and Company Owned Company Operated (COCO) models for public charging networks on highways.
Deployed at convenient and strategic locations along the highway, CHARGE+ZONE's charging stations are rapid DC charging points with CCS2 as charging protocol, catering to electric four-wheelers. Depending on the battery size, these stations can provide up to 80 per cent charge in 45-60 minutes and a full charge in 90-120 minutes.
Commenting on the achievement, Kartikey Hariyani, Founder & CEO, CHARGE+ZONE, said, "We are immensely proud to have accomplished this milestone as part of our larger vision of building a robust network of one million EV charging points by 2030. We also want to bring about a paradigm shift in the way people perceive EVs by addressing issues of range anxiety and the availability of energy for long hauls."
The charging stations have been installed at key locations on highways connecting Mumbai, Nashik, Ahmedabad, Surat, Navsari and Rajkot.
Since its inception, CHARGE+ZONE has created an active B2B and B2C network for EV charging stations for fleet and retail customers by setting up 1250+ charging points across 650+ EV charging stations serving around 4000 EVs daily. In December 2019, CHARGE+ZONE launched India's first fast-charging network for electric buses. In India, 125+ electric buses of Ashok Leyland are currently getting charged daily with its seven fast-charging hubs across three cities for intra-city public transportation. Earlier in December 2021, the company signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat to install 10,000 charging stations along national and state highways.
