Under this partnership, Bounce Infinity will set-up it’s battery swapping stations throughout Bharat Petroleum gas stations in a phased method. The firm goals to arrange 3,000 stations throughout high 10 cities. Consumers seeking to swap their practically drained batteries can seek for the closest swapping location on the Bounce App. The sensible framework will cater not solely to the corporate’s retail enterprise, however will even assist the interoperable companions (two-, three-wheeler and different OEM’s) for ease of mobility throughout geographies and type elements for two- and three-wheelers. The firm says retrofitted two- and three-wheelers will even be capable of use the battery swapping resolution.
The PSU states that it has already taken the lead by establishing quick charging freeway corridors beginning with the 900km Chennai-Trichy-Madurai-Chennai route, the alliance with Bounce Infinity will mark BPCL’s sturdy presence in city markets with a community of battery swapping stations.
Till date, Bounce Infinity has accomplished over 1.2 million battery swaps on its power infrastructure.
Vivekananda Hallakere, co-founder and CEO, Bounce mentioned, “Bounce Infinity has been strategically partnering with prominent industry players to revolutionise the battery swapping scenario. This partnership reiterates our commitment towards a cleaner and pollution-free country by making our network accessible to consumers at the same scale and convenience as refuelling. We look forward to a long-lasting partnership between Bounce Infinity and BPCL”.
P S Ravi, ED In-Charge (Retail), BPCL mentioned, “BPCL has all the time been on the forefront of offering all types of power options for private and business mobility to our clients. As we tempo ourselves for an thrilling part of power transition in direction of clear power, we’re delighted to accomplice with Bounce Infinity, a number one begin up providing progressive and state-of-the artwork sensible battery swapping options for 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler EV clients.
The Infinity Swapping Network options sensible battery and the station additionally has quite a lot of sensors and IOT that talk securely with the skin world. This helps the corporate to scale neatly and distribute the community with out creating an imbalance within the grid. The resolution helps bidirectional charging or ‘V2G’ (Vehicle to Grid Technology) that goes one step additional and permits the charged energy to be pushed again to the ability grid to steadiness power consumption and manufacturing variations when essential.
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