Hyundai Motor expands ultra-high speed EV charging network in India, plans 100 charging stations by 2027 – Electric Vehicles News

Hyundai Motor India, a leading automaker in the country has announced expansion of its Ultra-High Speed Public EV Charging Network across key highways and cities in India.

The company has expanded to a total of 11 ultra-fast charging stations each having three charging points – comprising one unit each of DC 150 kW; DC 60 kW and DC 30 kW capacity, as part of its aim to spearhead the electric vehicle adoption in India and lessen range anxiety for both intercity and intra city travel.

Jae Wan Ryu, Executive Director, Corporate Planning, Hyundai Motor India said, “At Hyundai Motor India, we have always strived to create new benchmarks and lead the industry by example. Aligned with our global vision of ‘Progress for Humanity’, Hyundai is always working towards the fulfilment of all its customer needs. In line with government of India’s focus towards creating a holistic electric vehicle ecosystem, Hyundai Motor India is committed to enhance customer’s EV ownership experience. The expansion of our Ultra-Fast charging stations to 11 locations is a step in the same direction.”

The Korean auto maker claims to be the only OEM in the country to set-up 11 ultra-fast charging stations in public locations. The expanded public charging network is available across 6 key cities –Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurugram and Bangalore – and on 5 major highway locations – Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Jaipur, Hyderabad-Vijayawada, Mumbai-Surat and Mumbai-Nashik.

Most of these chargers are operational round the clock for ease of usage of customers and are available for all Hyundai and non-Hyundai customers. To further enhance the customer experience, these charging stations would also be manned by dedicated manpower and would have multiple customer amenities nearby such as coffee shops and restaurants to support the customers for all their needs while their vehicles are being charged.

Hyundai India says with these ultra-fast DC chargers, customers would get the benefit of quick charging experience, especially the Hyundai IONIQ 5 customers who would be able to charge their vehicles from 10% to 80% charge within 21 minutes. The charging sessions can be booked at an attractive price for Rs 18 per unit for 30 kW Charger, Rs 21 per unit for 60 kW Charger and Rs 24 per unit for 150 kW Charger. The EV charging stations are visible on Hyundai’s app called myHyundai under EV Charge for discovering chargers, navigation to chargers, pre-booking of charging slot, digital payment and charging status monitoring.

In addition to these Ultra-Fast chargers, more than 2,900 charging points are mapped in the ‘EV Charge’ available in myHyundai app for customer convenience. This app is open and accessible for all Hyundai as well as non-Hyundai EV users. Furthermore, Hyundai plans to further expand its Ultra-Fast charging stations to 10 or more new locations in 2024. In addition, Hyundai Motor India is planning to install 100 Charging stations by 2027, as per the agreement with Government of Tamil Nadu in the recently concluded Global Investor Meet held in January’24.