<p>Bounce, a ride-sharing and e-mobility platform, announced its partnership with Greaves Retails to provide battery swapping infrastructure for its electric two-wheelers (Ampere) and three-wheelers on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Bounce Infinity, a brand under which Bounce provides Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), will be setting up about 3,000 battery swapping stations as part of this partnership across 10 cities in the first phase, it said in a press statement.</p>.<p>The company has already started its pilot project in some of the cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi and Pune, Bounce Infinity Co-founder and COO Anil Giriraju told <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>. "We intend to spread across 10 to 12 cities by the end of June this year," he said.</p>.<p>This partnership is expected to allow Ampere to reduce the cost of its electric vehicles (EVs) since batteries account for a major chunk of the cost of EVs.</p>.<p>However, Ampere will have to make "slight changes" to their EVs and Bounce will need to standardise its batteries to ensure compatibility.</p>.<p>Battery swapping technology has been touted as the catalyst for quicker adoption of EVs in India since they allow an EV user to swap their drained battery with a fully-charged one in less than a minute. This would cut short the charging wait-time that many users complain about.</p>.<p>Experts feel that standardisation and policy will be key for a successful implementation of battery swapping technology.</p>.<p>"...the policy intervention is crucial to set up the standards for battery shape, electrical connection, and mechanical loading...," said Sagar Mitra, an IIT Bombay professor who is researching lithium-ion cells that power electric vehicles.</p>.<p>Interoperability standards and standardisation policy will be required to ensure the safety of EVs and prevent fire-related accidents caused by using incompatible batteries. </p>.<p>Bounce runs a homologation process with International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to ensure the safety of the EV and the user before every such integration, Giriraju said.</p>.<p>Homologation is the process of certifying an automobile that has satisfied the required standards to ensure the safety of the vehicle.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Bounce, a ride-sharing and e-mobility platform, announced its partnership with Greaves Retails to provide battery swapping infrastructure for its electric two-wheelers (Ampere) and three-wheelers on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Bounce Infinity, a brand under which Bounce provides Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), will be setting up about 3,000 battery swapping stations as part of this partnership across 10 cities in the first phase, it said in a press statement.</p>.<p>The company has already started its pilot project in some of the cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi and Pune, Bounce Infinity Co-founder and COO Anil Giriraju told <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>. "We intend to spread across 10 to 12 cities by the end of June this year," he said.</p>.<p>This partnership is expected to allow Ampere to reduce the cost of its electric vehicles (EVs) since batteries account for a major chunk of the cost of EVs.</p>.<p>However, Ampere will have to make "slight changes" to their EVs and Bounce will need to standardise its batteries to ensure compatibility.</p>.<p>Battery swapping technology has been touted as the catalyst for quicker adoption of EVs in India since they allow an EV user to swap their drained battery with a fully-charged one in less than a minute. This would cut short the charging wait-time that many users complain about.</p>.<p>Experts feel that standardisation and policy will be key for a successful implementation of battery swapping technology.</p>.<p>"...the policy intervention is crucial to set up the standards for battery shape, electrical connection, and mechanical loading...," said Sagar Mitra, an IIT Bombay professor who is researching lithium-ion cells that power electric vehicles.</p>.<p>Interoperability standards and standardisation policy will be required to ensure the safety of EVs and prevent fire-related accidents caused by using incompatible batteries. </p>.<p>Bounce runs a homologation process with International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to ensure the safety of the EV and the user before every such integration, Giriraju said.</p>.<p>Homologation is the process of certifying an automobile that has satisfied the required standards to ensure the safety of the vehicle.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>