EV battery-swapping at metro stations in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Namma Metro has partnered with private company SUN Mobility to set up battery-swapping stations for electric vehicles at 19 metro stations in the city. 

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) Managing Director M Maheshwar Rao inaugurated the 19th battery-swapping station at the Hoodi metro station on Monday. 

Located in parking areas and auto stands, these EV battery-swapping stations are for passengers travelling to and from metro trains. 

According to SUN Mobility, these battery-swapping stations have together supported 19,000 EVs and facilitated 1,25,000 km of travel in the last month. On average, each metro station served approximately 2,800 EVs, including 2,300 two-wheeler trips and 500 three-wheeler trips, it added. 

Rao said that the BMRCL aimed to expand this initiative across the city.