Tata Motors Plans To Increase EV Charging Points In India To 4 Lakh By 2027

Auto giant Tata Motors has announced plans to bolster the EV charging network in India by increasing the total number of EV charging points to 4 Lakh by 2027. 

The company’s EV arm TATA.ev, under ‘Open Collaboration 2.0’ is looking to set up 30,000 public fast chargers. Under the initiative, the company is forging partnerships with charge point operators (CPOs) and oil marketing companies (OMCs) to scale charging infrastructure across key hotspots such as highways to ease long-distance mobility.

“To enable the exponential growth of EVs in India, we’ve launched ‘Open Collaboration 2.0’, aiming to expand the charging network to over 4,00,000 points in the next two years, in partnership with leading CPOs,” said Shailesh Chandra, managing director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility at the launch of ‘Open Collaboration 2.0’. 

These charging points will support all EV makers and brands, ensuring widespread accessibility, convenience and a mutually beneficial ecosystem for all EV users, CPOs, and infrastructure planners, the company said in a statement. 

Tata.ev is also looking to build a TATA.ev Mega Charger network, a flagship initiative under Open Collaboration 2.0 to offer superfast charging. Under it, TATA.ev has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Tata Power, ChargeZone, Statiq and Zeon to operationalise 500 EV mega chargers in two years. 

In the first phase, the mega chargers will be set up in key cities and major highways. The superfast chargers will have four charging bays and will allow priority access and service to TATA.ev customers. They will also offer tariff benefits to its customers, the statement added. 

Further, the company has also announced plans to roll out a unified charging helpline for charging queries and a unified payments wallet. 

The open collaboration framework has effectively increased the public charging capacity to more than 18,000 chargers within 15 months, the statement added. 

“TATA.ev’s cumulative impact includes the installation of over 1.5 lakh private/home chargers, 2,500 community chargers, and 750 chargers at TATA dealerships across more than 200 cities,” Tata Motors said. 

The development comes at a time when Tata Group is strengthening its EV play amid rising adoption of EVs. Total EV registrations in the country rose 30% year-on-year (YoY) to almost touch the 20 Lakh mark in 2024. However, two-wheelers accounted for over 11 Lakh registrations, and the EV penetration in the car segment remains low. 

Despite this, the Indian EV market is poised for rapid growth due to incentives by the Centre and state governments to increase adoption, declining costs, and improving charging infrastructure. Besides established companies, the Indian EV market houses various startups and is estimated to reach a size of $110.74 Bn by 2029.