Indofast Energy, GLIDA Partner to Expand Battery-Swapping Infrastructure Across India

Indofast Energy, a battery-swapping solutions provider, has announced a partnership with GLIDA (formerly Fortum Charge and Drive India), a public EV charging infrastructure provider, to co-locate battery swapping stations at GLIDA's established charging sites across the country. The collaboration begins with 10 Quick Interchange Stations (QIS) across GLIDA sites in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, with plans of scaling up to 50 sites and 100 plus QIS over the next 12 months. By bringing charging and swapping infrastructure under one roof, the partnership creates integrated EV energy destinations where users across vehicle categories can access comprehensive energy solutions at a single, high-visibility location.

The partnership model leverages complementary strengths: GLIDA's strategically located sites with reliable power infrastructure and Indofast Energy's advanced battery swapping network and technology platform. For delivery riders and fleet operators, this collaboration offers quick-turnaround battery swapping at well-established, easily accessible locations, maximising their daily on-road uptime. GLIDA's pan-India footprint provides Indofast Energy with ready-to-deploy locations that accelerate its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) network expansion into high-footfall markets, creating a comprehensive energy hub that seamlessly serves diverse EV segments.

Speaking on this partnership, Subhash Bhat, Interim CEO, Indofast Energy, said, "Our partnership with GLIDA enables us to rapidly expand our Battery-as-a-Service network by leveraging well-connected, power-ready sites that can be quickly activated for battery swapping operations. This collaboration is about bringing our quick, reliable swapping experience to more riders where they need it most - at accessible, high-utilization locations across key markets. As we aim to scale to 100+ Quick Interchange Stations across 50 sites within the next year, we are strengthening the energy infrastructure that India's growing electric mobility ecosystem demands. Every new deployment brings us closer to our mission of making battery swapping the most accessible, productive, and sustainable energy choice for EV users across the country.”

Deepak Paliwal, Managing Director and CEO, GLIDA, said, "At GLIDA, our mission has always been to deliver advanced, highly reliable, and seamless charging solutions that cater to the evolving needs of the EV ecosystem. Over the last decade we have learned that the hard part is not the technology, it is the site: land in the right location, dependable grid connectivity, and operations that run reliably every day. Our charging station locations, especially hubs, have room for doing more for the benefit of the ecosystem. This partnership with Indofast Energy allows us to display future-ready mobility infrastructure where high-power charging and rapid battery swapping coexist to serve different vehicle categories from a single location.  This is  how we could electrify more vehicles per square foot of urban India, and how we build a more efficient, inclusive and decarbonised transit system.

Indofast Energy continues to strengthen its position as a key enabler of sustainable urban mobility through ecosystem partnerships with OEMs, fleet operators, and infrastructure providers.  This new partnership adds to the company’s network of 1,900 plus swap stations across 24 cities, enabling 2 billion plus kilometers of clean mobility.