Statiq has won an Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) tender, wherein the PSU will buy 18 new Statiq chargers to set up across the country at prime locations. This tender offers Statiq the opportunity to support the nation’s largest oil company’s plan to bolster the domestic EV mobility network structure of the country.
IOCL stated its aim to achieve a net zero emission target by 2046 and of having set aside Rs 2 trillion to that end. IOCL has been pursuing a robust green agenda to steer the country’s green energy transition by working on many emission mitigation channels such as biofuels, green hydrogen, renewables, etc. The tender is essential to the company’s carbon neutrality plans and will offer as leverage their strong established fuel station network. This system sees over 3.1 crore footfalls every day thus fulfilling over half the fuel requirement of India. IOCL plans to set up 18 new Statiq chargers, an assorted blend of 30kW and 60kW fast chargers for use by any make of 4-wheelers, at prime locations within its network that will reach a sizable EV population and help them travel stress-free by always #StayCharged with Statiq.
Head- of Government Relations and Corporate Affairs, Statiq, Aman Rehman says, “IOCL is a market leader as well as a thought leader when it comes to the subject of carbon neutrality in this nation. Their work matches their words and it is an honor to win a tender with such a future-ready company. The 18 Statiq EV chargers that they will purchase, by way of the tender, will have an unimaginable reach and we are looking forward to connecting with numerous 4-wheeler owners who will undoubtedly benefit from them. Such a win is extremely strategic for Statiq, as it helps us enhance the EV ecosystem deeply. We are looking forward to several such steps that will gradually add up to our overarching ambition of helping everyone in the ecosystem #StayCharged in an accessible, affordable and reliable manner.”
“At IOCL, we have embarked on our carbon neutrality journey in the right earnest and as part of our plan, we were searching for an able electric mobility partner. With Statiq having won this tender, we are glad to find a collaborator who will provide us with quality Made-in-India EV chargers. This will help us propagate to the general population the message of making the transition to clean energy in an easy fashion that is also affordable and reliable,” says Chairman and Managing Director, IOCL, Shrikant Madhav Vaidya.
Statiq has recently raised over Rs 200 crores in Series ‘A’ funding. They have teamed up with Hero Electric & also collaborated with EV maker Ather, to enhance the combined EV charging network in the northern states of India. The latest proposition is the next step on Statiq’s part to expedite this process further. Statiq aims to have an approx 20,000 charging network before the end of this year.
