Hyundai Ties Up With Jio-bp To Widen EV Charging Access Across India

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has partnered with Jio-bp, the electric mobility brand of Reliance BP Mobility Limited, to integrate their charging networks, giving Hyundai electric vehicle owners access to over 37,000 charging points nationwide through the myHyundai app.

The tie-up, announced in Gurugram on Monday, folds more than 7,000 Jio-bp pulse charging points across over 300 cities into Hyundai's existing app-based network, which previously listed over 30,000 points. In return, HMIL's own DC fast chargers will gradually be added to Jio-bp's pulse charge pro app, giving Jio-bp customers reciprocal access.

It is worth noting that the expanded figure reflects charging infrastructure made discoverable through the app via a partnership with a charge point operator, rather than hardware Hyundai has built itself. The carmaker's proprietary network currently comprises 183 operational DC fast-charging stations, which it aims to expand to 600 by 2030.

Jio-bp's contribution includes DC fast chargers rated between 60 kW and 480 kW, with the company citing 96 per cent network uptime, many of its stations positioned along national highways to support long-distance travel. Hyundai's own chargers, by comparison, top out at 240 kW.

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Hyun Sup Lee, Executive Director and Function Head, Corporate Planning at HMIL, said customer concerns were shifting "from range anxiety to charging anxiety," underscoring the growing weight buyers place on charging reliability over battery range alone. Jio-bp chief executive Akshay Wadhwa said the company's focus was on ensuring "the next charger will be operational," rather than merely available.

The partnership arrives as India's public charging infrastructure expands rapidly but still trails demand. The government told Parliament in July that the country had 52,718 public EV charging stations, including 16,561 fast chargers for cars, up sharply from just over 29,000 in February. NITI Aayog has flagged the gap in blunter terms, noting India has only 52 public charging points per million people, against 2,540 in China and 580 in the United States.

Passenger EV sales are climbing even as infrastructure catches up: retail penetration touched 5.8 per cent in April, according to Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations data, while CyberMedia Research reported the electric passenger vehicle segment grew 102 per cent year-on-year in the June quarter, far outpacing the broader passenger vehicle market.

For Hyundai, the deal follows a broader industry pattern of automakers aggregating third-party charging networks rather than building extensively themselves, similar to arrangements pursued by rivals through operators such as Tata Power and ChargeZone. The company said it would explore customer offers with Jio-bp in future, though no specifics have been disclosed.