Maruti Suzuki to set up one lakh EV charging stations across India

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Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti Suzuki) announces a signing of agreements with 13 Charge Point Operators (CPOs) and aggregators.

To demonstrate the unparalleled EV charging network, four e VITARAs were flagged off from Gurugram in all four directions – Srinagar up North, Kanyakumari in the South, Bhuj at the western edge of India and Dibrugarh in the eastern part of the country, as a part of the ‘e drive’.

Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, said, “We have established a robust network of over 2,000 Maruti Suzuki exclusive charging points across our sales and service network, spanning more than 1,100 cities. Further, we have collaborated with 13 Charge Point Operators to offer access to a vast charging infrastructure across the country. Our target is to enable a network of over 1 lakh charging points across India by 2030, along with our Dealer and CPO partners.”

Partho Banerjee, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India, said, “Leveraging India’s largest dealer network and our charging partners’ network, we are ensuring there are EV charging points at an average distance of 5-10 kilometres at key locations in the top 100 cities of India. DC fast chargers are also located at regular intervals along key highways to enable nationwide driving freedom for our prospective EV customers. To further enhance peace of mind, we have deployed a 1.5 lakh-strong specially-trained EV workforce to cater to every need of our customers. We have also activated 1500+ EV-ready service workshops across 1100 cities for meeting after-sales requirements to support EV ownership in every part of the country.”

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The Maruti Suzuki ‘e for me’ EV charging mobile app enables end-to-end usage of EV charging points from partner-operated charging points and Maruti Suzuki’s own EV charging network on a single platform, offering a uniform customer journey for EV charging and payment through UPI or exclusive ‘Maruti Suzuki Money’, powered by Razorpay. From the time of booking an e VITARA, the ‘e for me’ app will serve as a single platform for setting up the vehicle home-charger and ensuring optimal usage, locating public charging points and using them, alongside many other features on the platform.