HPCL and Honda Motor collaborate to advance electric mobility

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Honda Motor have joined hands to set up battery swapping stations for electric vehicles at the state-owned oil firm’s petrol pumps. HPCL and Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co Ltd (Honda), launched their first ‘e:swap’ station at HPCL’s petrol pump in Bengaluru on August 6, the state-owned firm said in a statement.
With the fast adoption of environment-friendly EVs that run on batteries charged by electricity, infrastructure to either charge such vehicles or provide facilities to replace discharged batteries with fully charged ones is being set up across the country.
While charging the EV battery is not as fast as filling petrol or diesel, battery swapping offers a quick alternative.