Crayon Motors and Bounce Infinity collaborate to Install Infinity Battery swapping stations across India – EQ Mag Pro
Delhi : Crayon Motors, an Indian manufacturer of e-mobility solutions & Bounce Infinity are collaborating to establish the “first interoperated battery swapping network”. Under this partnership, Crayon Motors’ customers can choose to buy a 2W or 3W without battery and make use of Bounce Infinity’s “Battery-as-a-Service”.
The smart solution which will largely be available at locations as diverse as Crayon Motors’ dealerships, residential complexes, petrol bunks, restaurants, cafes, co-living spaces, corporate offices, kirana stores, etc.
The association shall extend Battery as a service to all “low powered” and “high powered” 2W’s manufactured by Crayon. The stations at all times, will have charged and ready-to-go batteries; that one can easily swap with their near-empty batteries in under a few minutes. With this infrastructure in place, customers wouldn’t have to wait for their vehicles to charge, be anxious about the range or remember to charge it.
Speaking about the partnership, Mayank Jain – Co-Founder and Director of Crayon Motors said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Bounce Infinity. As we aim to expand to other regions, we wish to address the various difficulties that must be solved for a successful and seamless EV adoption in India. Along with our country-wide Roadside Assistance, we will also now be offering battery swapping. This step will go a long way in offering leading comfort and peace of mind to our customers”
“With Crayon Motors battery swapping offering, powered by Bounce Infinity, customers will now be able to move from range anxiety to range serenity or ease. The battery swapping technology will also eliminate charging time. While driving an EV, the main concern a customer has is, ‘what if I run out of battery charge in the middle of a highway or a busy road?’ Searching for a battery charging station and then spending hours charging the battery of the vehicle is a time consuming as well as anxiety inducing task. If you can access a fully charged battery at that point, the range anxiety then turns to range ease. Plus, the customer does not have to worry about spending hours charging,” he further adds.
Aside from powering all “low powered” and “high powered” 2W’s manufactured by Crayon. Bounce Infinity would also be extending its “Battery-as-a-Service” to Crayon’s sister 3W brand – “Singham”, one of India’s leading electric 3W brand. This proposition shall allow Singham vehicles to be now sold under a new variant – “E-Rickshaw with Battery-as-a-Service.
Speaking about the tie-up Anil G, COO and Co-Founder, Bounce Infinity said, “Bounce Infinity has been strategically partnering with prominent players to revolutionize battery swapping and after sales experience for consumers. Our partnership with Crayon reiterates our commitment towards a cleaner and greener future.”
Crayon Motors manufactures electric scooters in Ghaziabad. The company with its make in India approach is focusing on high-speed two wheelers & has made significant investments in R&D to establish manufacturing plants for key components such as Motors, controller, prototypes etc.
About Crayon Motors:
With the tenets of the company grounded in quality, matchless technology & a strong focus on R&D, Crayon designs electric scooters at unbeatable prices. Crayon Motors promises to provide appealing electric scooters to the road at competitive prices, based on the company's pillars of quality and unrivalled technology, and to help India make a breakthrough.
The company has built a dedicated manufacturing facility in Ghaziabad, UP. To accomplish its objective of e-mobility for all, Crayon aims to increase its manufacturing capacity to over 1,000,000. Crayon has maintained a rapid growth rate, and aims to expand throughout the Indian geographies, and explore exports to the European and UK Markets.
About Bounce:
With a strong desire and determination to address the need to bring ease of commuting to people across many categories like small businesses, college students, workers and delivery agents, Bounce was launched in 2018. With first-of-its-kind, indigenously built using in-house R&D, bounce dockless bikes were launched in Bengaluru in May 2018. A blend of advanced digital solutions with a seamless operations network on the ground helped Bounce become a popular and desired mode of transport across diverse economic and age groups.
In December 2021, Bounce announced the launch of its consumer electric scooter and battery swapping network under the brand name – Bounce Infinity. Backed by global investors such as Falcon Edge, Sequoia Capital, Accel, B-CAP, Qualcomm etc. the company has raised over USD 220 M and is on the mission to be the face for the electric revolution in the world.
