PUNE
(NEW DELHI): Hero Electric, Mahindra Electric
Mobility and Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions are among firms in talks
with Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) for supplying electric two and
three-wheelers as part of India’s biggest-ever push for green mobility, said sources
aware of the development. The company, a subsidiary of Energy Efficiency
Services Ltd (EESL), recently signed an agreement to procure more than 30,000
electric two- and three-wheeler0s for Goa and Kerala.
Under the new scheme, CESL aims to supply 200,000
two-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) and 300,000 three-wheeled EVs across India.
Sources said about CESL’s plan to supply EVs to the two states in a boost to
India’s green mobility play. CESL also plans to lease out and operate
three-wheeled EVs for the garbage collection fleet of municipalities across the
country, including for Pune Municipal Corporation.
“EVs and their ecosystem are new. Inputs from all
are needed in a cooperative kind of way to help us all achieve this common goal
of transforming our transportation system to electric," said CESL chief
executive and MD Mahua Acharya.
To be sure, there is no commercial agreement with
any of the EV manufacturers yet. “I am very happy with the way Kinetic and Hero
have embraced this in a way that’s not just about selling product. We have
managed to strike our agreements on the sale of two- and three-wheelers with
Kerala, Pune and Andhra Pradesh only because of this cooperative approach in
their thinking," Acharya added.
While Kinetic Green is interested in supplying
electric two- and three-wheelers, Hero Electric is interested in supplying
electric two-wheelers. Mahindra Electric is eyeing electric three-wheelers
space as part of CESL’s scheme.
EESL is a joint venture of NTPC Ltd, Rural
Electrification Corp. Ltd, Power Finance Corp. Ltd and Power Grid Corp. of
India Ltd. The playbook also involves setting up charging infrastructure in the
states that will likely see the involvement of the respective state
governments.
CESL on Saturday also signed partnership pacts with
Fortum India, Bharat Electronics Ltd, JBM Renewables Pvt. Ltd and TVS Motor Co.
for building electric mobility ecosystem in India. This involves setting up of
public charging infrastructure including development of highway and expressway
charge point operator, and park and charge facilities.
“EESL held initial talks with us about procuring
electric two- and three-wheelers," said a senior executive at an Indian
automobile company, requesting anonymity.
Around 22 million petrol-run two-wheelers are sold
every year in India, which spent $101.4 billion on crude oil imports in 2019-20
and $111.9 billion in 2018-19.
CESL plans to halve the cost of ownership of these
vehicles through incentives offered under phase 2 of the Union government’s
Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (Fame)
scheme, state government subsidies, support from EV makers and carbon credits
that will be earned under the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism.
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