Under the agreement, EIM will establish charging and battery-swapping infrastructure at selected HPCL fuel stations located along major highways and freight corridors, leveraging HPCL’s network of more than 25,000 retail outlets across the country.

The rollout will take place in phases over the next 18 to 24 months, beginning with major freight routes, including: Mumbai–Pune   Delhi–Jaipur and  Chennai–Bengaluru      The network will subsequently expand to additional freight corridors as demand for electric heavy commercial vehicles grows.

Each station will support both fast charging and battery swapping, with EIM’s digital platform providing real-time station availability, remote monitoring and digital payment capabilities.   Alongside conventional charging, the stations will offer battery-swapping services, enabling compatible electric heavy-duty trucks to replace a depleted battery with a fully charged one in approximately seven minutes.   Under the partnership, EIM will own and operate the battery inventory, charging equipment and battery-swapping systems, while HPCL will provide space, power connections, utilities and other supporting infrastructure at its retail outlets.      EIM is developing an integrated ecosystem for electric heavy commercial vehicles that includes megawatt-scale charging infrastructure and battery-swapping technology.   The company launched its first electric heavy-duty truck, the Ashwa 55-ton e-tractor, in August 2025.      It has already commissioned six heavy-duty battery-swapping stations across the Delhi-NCR region and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), with a combined capacity of 840 battery swaps per day.      EIM aims to expand its network to 40 operational heavy commercial vehicle swap-and-charge stations by the end of March 2027.

The collaboration reflects growing investment in charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric vehicles, an essential component of India’s efforts to decarbonise road freight.      By combining EIM’s battery-swapping technology with HPCL’s extensive retail network, the partnership seeks to improve charging accessibility while reducing vehicle downtime for commercial fleet operators.

Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director of EIM, said the partnership enables charging and battery-swapping infrastructure to be deployed at locations where freight operators already stop, helping improve network reliability while accelerating the adoption of electric commercial vehicles.