SUN Mobility provides up to 100 battery exchange stations by the end of the fiscal year 19

SUN Mobility co-founder Chetan Maini is considered the first electric car manufacturer in India, Reva Photo: Bhaskar Varma / Mint

Mumbai: As part of the development India's electric vehicle electric infrastructure network, SUN Mobility, a startup led by Chetan Maini, plans to install in the first quarter the first batch of its battery exchange stations for two and three electric wheels across the country. The Bengaluru-based start-up has not yet set up pilot stations, since it has focused on the development of core technology until now.

SUN Mobility will deploy "test stations" Chetan Maini, co-founder and vice president of SUN Mobility, said in an interview over the next two months that the technology has been developed. " Between them there, "Maini added, without disclosing the financial details

The stations, which use modular batteries adapted to the full range of electric vehicles, will be installed in existing bus depots throughout the country , in northern India to supply the e-rickshaws and in the south of India wheels. "Different cities will have different solutions because consumer profiling is very different," Maini said.

Incorporated in April 2017 to overcome the high cost barriers, range anxiety and heavy load badociated with electric vehicles, SUN Mobility is an equal joint venture. between Virya Mobility 5.0, an EV technology firm founded by Maini and her two brothers in February 2017, and SUN New Energy Systems, the investment arm of the SUN group based in Chennai.

A partnership with commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland Ltd. SUN Mobility will soon be partnering with OEMs for two and three wheels to make their electric vehicles compatible with batteries of batteries Internet of Things, said Maini, responsible for the development of the first electric car Reva in India.

Through a network of exchange stations called Quick Interchange Stations (QIS), SUN Mobility aims to reduce the cost of ownership of an elected by adopting a battery exchange model, where users only pay for the energy stored in the battery, not the battery itself, which accounts for nearly a quarter of the cost of a VE.

On Thursday, SUN Mobility announced the construction of a "Smart Network" to connect its batteries and exchange stations to end users via a mobile application in partnership with the Indian branch of Microsoft Corp.

Using Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform, the smart grid will allow SUN Mobility to identify locations to install its stations, monitor battery health and optimize it in real time, by more help users track load levels and identify the nearest QIS. ] Maini called for a strong and flexible government policy and regulatory framework for electric vehicles that do not favor any particular form of technology, adding that "there is a need for initial financial support for companies ". Regulatory support such as allowing the deployment of charging or battery exchange infrastructure in transit centers, such as metro stations, will ensure optimal use of real estate.