CHARGE ZONE, a technology-driven EV Charging Network company today announced a partnership with Snap-E, a leading provider of reliable and eco-friendly public transport service to set up EV charging infrastructure for Snap-E’s fleet transportation. Through the partnership, CHARGE+ZONE aims to explore the installation, commissioning and maintenance of fleet transportation charging stations for Snap-E’s cabs in and around Kolkata. As part of the activities planned under the phased partnership, CHARGE+ZONE is set to provide Snap-E with an extensive charging infrastructure for a fleet of 2000 electric cabs with 200 DC and 1000 AC charging stations, all of which will be well-equipped with the cutting-edge CMS system that assists fleet management and monitors, measures, and controls charger utilization and electricity consumption. In the upcoming phases, the partnership will focus on including activities that promote continual innovation and expansion in an effort to increase the reach and scope of operations. This sounds like a good plan, because this will make electric fleet vehicles more practical and increase the amount of electric fleet vehicles in India.
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Kartikey Hariyani, Founder and CEO, CHARGE+ZONE stated, “CHARGE+ZONE believes in the vision of clean mobility, a better environment and a greener planet and our partnership with Snap-E is a testament to this fact. These partnerships further enable us to expand our vision of EV accessibility to all. With this partnership, we not only aim to provide e-cab service providers and users access to a smart and efficient charging network across the country but also explore and pursue new opportunities of innovation and expansion that will help us to contribute towards the growth of the EV ecosystem in the years ahead.”
Speaking on the partnership, Mayank Bindal, Co-founder and CEO, Snap-E said, “Reacting to the market need of providing environment-friendly affordable cab service, we at Snap-E, plan to operate with a fleet of 2000 Electric Cabs and set up 400 DC and 2000 AC Charging Stations in and around Kolkata as part of the initial pilot phase of the project. The next phase however will be an addition of 3000 vehicles which will be backed with a proportionate number of Charging Stations. The Kolkata rollout will be followed by a phased launch across the other important cities of Eastern India as well. As a business strategy, Snap-E will focus on both corporate tie-ups as well as consumer commutes. In fact, we have already handheld several Indian corporates to switch to e-commute for the employees and we believe that everyone deserves the comfort of an executive class commute ”