Tata Motors will provide 10,000 XPRES T EVs to BluSmart Electric Mobility.- The vehicle would be used for commuters across the country.
- BluSmart previously had 3,500 XPRESS T . ordered
EV in October last year.
Automotive giant Tata Motors has secured India’s largest order of 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) vehicles from BluSmart Electric Mobility.
As part of the agreement, Tata Motors will supply 10,000 XPRES T EVs to this Deepika Padukone-backed all-electric cab service company. BluSmart Electric Mobility had already ordered 3,500 XPRESS T EV in October last year, and the current order is in addition to that.
The vehicle – launched last July exclusively for fleet customers – would be used for commuters across the country. It contains a high energy density battery of 21.5 kilowatt hours (kWh) and 16.5 kWh and can be charged from 0-80% in 90 minutes and 110 minutes respectively.
“Our XPRES-T EV fleet offers optimal battery size along with a captive fast charging solution and has already set benchmarks in its category. Tata Motors is constantly working to educate and improve the adoption of electric mobility in India and we hope more people will join us on this journey as we mobilize the nation”, Shailesh Chandra, MD of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric mobility.
Tata Motors – which produces TATA Nexon EV and Tata Tigor EV – claims to be leading the e-mobility wave in India with an impressive 87% market share. In fiscal year 2022, it sold 25,000 electric vehicles.
BluSmart Electric Mobility was founded in 2019 by Anmol Jaggi, Puneet Singh Jaggi and Punit Goyal. The company has raised $67 million to date from major investors Alteria Capital, Stride Ventures and BlackSoil as investors. The three-year-old startup aised
$50 million last month to expand across Delhi NCR and other metro cities.
The company claims to have covered 50 million clean miles and made more than 1.6 million zero-emission journeys.
“We are building a large-scale integrated ecosystem for EV mobility in India – from the country’s largest all-electric taxi service to the largest network of superhubs for EV charging. With the increasing fleet size, we are leading India on the path to reliable, sustainable and zero-emission mobility while also creating more inclusive and economic opportunities for driver partners,” said Anmol Singh Jaggi, co-founder of BluSmart Electric Mobility.
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