Jio-BP, Tata Power announce tie-ups to set up EV charging infrastructure

CHENNAI: In a sign of growing demand for and use of electric vehicles (EV), two of India’s largest energy companies on Thursday announced tie-ups to set up charging infrastructure to service EVs.

For its part, Reliance Industries’ joint venture with British Petroleum (BP)—Jio-BP—has tied up with all-electric ride-hailing platform BluSmart to set up commercial large-scale EV charging infrastructure in locations where the latter operates.