IoT enabled charging station which they are providing at a subsidized price of ₹10,000. Kirana Charzer is by far India’s cheapest charging station which allows the owner to earn 100% revenue from EV charging. Existing solutions are very expensive and hence, even after incentives, only governments and big companies are able to install them.

During his presentation, Sameer said, “we have been in the EV domain and realized that EVs cannot become mainstream until charging infrastructure is present. There is an urgent need for millions of charging stations in India. We want to do our part in growing the ecosystem and plan to install 1 lakh charging stations in 2020. In the pilot stage, we have received orders for 470 charging stations. We have also partnered with EV Manufacturers Hero Electric and Jitendra EV Tech and will provide free subscription for their users in Charzer app for 60 days.”

Sameer added, “charging stations are the petrol pumps of the future and we want the common man to benefit from it instead of the select few. Real scale and adoption can only happen if the general public gets involved in setting up the charging infrastructure. We have designed Kirana Charzer keeping these issues in mind.” Kirana Charzer can be installed anywhere including small kirana shops, paan shops, grocery stores, restaurants and homes with standard power supply.

EV users will be able to locate these charging stations, reserve, pay and operate from the Charzer app. Other Co-Founder, Dheeraj Reddy, who was also present at the event informed that the installations will begin from March and they are installing the first Kirana Charzer at Jaideep Motors in Electronic City Bangalore.

(we at PlugInCaroo have always felt that “Uber-ization” of charging points is what was really required to convert India into a fully Electric Vehicle country. Today Ather is unable to install charging points all over India (without first taking money from its scooter buyers) is only because AtherOne points will be OWNED by Ather and they will need a safe place for the charging equipment. The installation cost, maintenance and safety of the equipment is and will become a burden on Ather. While Kirana Chargers will be owned by the shopkeepers and they will not only invest in the chargers buy also look after it because they will get a profit from it.)

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