On Thursday, Charge+Zone and Mahindra & Mahindra collaborated to set up a network of charging stations for Mahindra’s range of electric SUVs.

By the end of this financial year, Mahindra’s EV owners would have access to the Charge+Zone’s network of more than 2,500 charging points across twenty-five cities and 10,000 km of highways. The EV charging stations would cover a range of electric four-wheelers — from cars to eLCVs.

Charge+Zone and Mahindra would explore setting up, commissioning, and maintaining fast DC chargers at numerous locations, including both owned and rented sites, offices, or any other areas nominated by Mahindra, its affiliates, and group companies.

In addition, they plan to launch e-mobility solutions spanning discovery, navigation, availability, and transactions, to empower all EV users to get seamless access to the charging network. The company’s charging stations are rapid DC charging points with the CCS2 charging protocol that has the potential to charge an EV’s battery 80–100% in 20 – 30 minutes, depending on the battery size.

These chargers also come with additional amenities of restaurants, food courts, hotels, etc., as well as the facility of Type-2 AC chargers wherever and whenever needed. Recently, the company completed the electrification of up to 1,000 km of national highways by installing a network of 20 unmanned, app-driven, superfast EV charging points on the Gujarat-Maharashtra national highway.