Blue Energy Motors and HPCL open battery swap station for electric heavy-duty trucks in Bhiwandi
By Eve
Blue Energy Motors and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation have launched Bhiwandi's first battery swapping station for electric heavy-duty trucks, announced on 26 October 2026. The facility enables battery swaps in under five minutes and extends the Mumbai to Pune Electric Freight Corridor launched in October 2025. The site also includes public EV charging for two-wheelers, four-wheelers and commercial vehicles, creating a multi-segment energy hub within HPCL's retail network.
Why it matters
The station demonstrates how battery swapping infrastructure can reduce downtime for electric freight operators in a major logistics hub, while co-locating public charging expands the commercial case for energy retailers entering the EV market. The partnership model between a truck OEM and a fuel retailer offers a template for scaling heavy-duty electrification along freight corridors.
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- Original title
- “Blue Energy Motors, HPCL launch Electric Truck Battery-Swap station in Bhiwandi”
- Published
- 26 October 2026
- Updated
- 28 October 2026
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- EV Charging
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- India
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- Blue Energy Motors · HPCL
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