Charge Zone, a technology-driven EV charging network company, has partnered with Marriott International to deploy EV charging stations across India's properties. As part of the partnership, Charge Zone has started with the first opportunity and has installed a Fast DC 60kW/120kW Charging Station with Dual Charging Guns at ‘The Westin Mumbai Powai Lake' and will complete the installation of 100+ EV chargers in a phased manner by December 2022. This initiative is also part of Marriott's commitment to sustainable operations and creating an EV charging infrastructure around the globe.
Designed to charge e-4w, these charging stations will be open to the public as well as to users of Marriott's EV fleet. Charge Zone's charging stations are rapid DC charging points with the CCS2 charging protocol providing 80 per cent charge in 45-60 minutes and a full charge in 90-120 minutes, depending on the EV's battery size. These chargers also come with an additional facility of type-2 AC chargers wherever needed.
Kartikey Hariyani, Founder & CEO, Charge Zone, said, "We constantly endeavour to partner with organisations actively looking to transition to cleaner forms of mobility, reduce carbon footprint and create a positive impact on the environment. This can only help when we build a holistic ecosystem of both electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Our long-term partnership with Marriott underscores our commitment to building a network of convenient and accessible charging in large metro locations and tier-1 cities and is a strong indicator of the rapid adoption of EVs across the country. In the long term, our goal is to expand the scope of EVs across public and personal mobility and explore more breakthroughs in the current EV landscape with our full-stack EV charging solutions."
As part of its vision of building a network of one million EV charging points, Charge Zone has created an active B2B and B2C network for EV charging stations for fleet and retail customers. It has set-up up 1450+ charging points across 650+ EV charging stations, serving around 5000 EVs daily. The company also recently completed the electrification of over 1,000 km of national highways in India by installing a network of twenty unmanned, app-driven, superfast EV charging points along the Gujarat-Maharashtra national highway.
