New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Ltd., India’s smart mobility solutions provider, has expanded to 11 its Ultra-High Speed Public EV Charging Network across key highways and cities in India.
The company said each of the charging stations have three charging points – comprising one unit each of DC 150 kW, DC 60 kW and DC 30 kW capacity.
The expanded public charging network of Ultra-Fast chargers is available in six major cities: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurugram and Bengaluru, and on five major highways: Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Jaipur, Hyderabad-Vijayawada, Mumbai-Surat and Mumbai-Nashik, the company said.
Most of these chargers are operational round the clock for ease of usage of customers and are available for all Hyundai and non-Hyundai customers. To further enhance the customer experience, these charging stations would also be manned by dedicated manpower and would have multiple customer amenities nearby such as coffee shops and restaurants to support the customers for all their needs while their vehicles are being charged, the company said in a media release.
Jae Wan Ryu, Executive Director, Corporate Planning, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., said, “ We have always strived to create new benchmarks and lead the industry by example. Aligned with our global vision of ‘Progress for Humanity’, Hyundai is always working towards the fulfilment of all its customer needs. In line with Government of India’s focus towards creating a holistic electric vehicle ecosystem, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. is committed to enhance customer’s EV ownership experience” Jae Wan Ryu added.
” The expansion of our Ultra-Fast charging stations to 11 locations is a step in the same direction. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. is the only OEM in the country to set-up 11 Ultra-fast charging stations in public locations. We are committed to India and we will continue strengthening the charging infrastructure in line with the Indian Government’s resolve for Electrification.”
With these Ultra-Fast DC chargers, customers would get the benefit of quick charging experience, especially the Hyundai IONIQ 5 customers who would be able to charge their vehicles from 10% to 80% charge within 21 minutes. The charging sessions can be booked for INR 18 per unit for 30 kW Charger, INR 21 per unit for 60 kW Charger and INR 24 per unit for 150 kW Charger.
The EV charging stations are visible on Hyundai’s app called myHyundai under EV Charge for discovering chargers, navigation to chargers, pre-booking of charging slot, digital payment and charging status monitoring. In addition to these Ultra-Fast chargers, more than 2900+ charging points are mapped in the “EV Charge” available in myHyundai app for customer convenience.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. is planning to install 100 Charging stations by 2027, as per the agreement with Government of Tamil Nadu in the recently concluded Global Investor Meet held in January 2024, the release added.
