Clean energy solutions provider, Gentari, is expanding its Vehicle-as-a-Service (VaaS) offering in India through a MoU (memorandum of understanding) each with MoEVing Urban Technology Private Limited (MoEVing) and Gati KWE (Gati).

In the first MoU, Gentari will provide MoEVing, an electric mobility provider, with 1,000 3-wheeler and 500 4-wheeler electric cargo vehicles on subscription. Additionally, Gentari will provide Gati, a logistics company, with 500 electric cargo vehicles through its VaaS offering.

The documents exchange ceremonies were held at the 8th Smart Cities India Expo between Gentari Chief Executive Officer for green mobility solutions in India, Abhishek Dabas, and MoEVing Founder and CEO, Vikash Mishra, and Gati Chief Transformation Officer, Charles Devlin D’Costa. This is part of the company’s goal in delivering decarbonisation solutions to key markets globally. In India, its green mobility arm is catalysing growth via a series of partnerships and investments.

“High quality electric 4-wheelers coming into the market opens a whole new segment to electrify in the urban delivery ecosystem. We are excited to work with Gentari to deploy three-and four-wheeler commercial electric vehicles across India to reduce the carbon footprint of deliveries. With our operations, charging and maintenance footprint spanning across India, we hope to bring change on-ground and electrify deliveries for e-commerce, e-grocery, the logistics segment and now also large FMCG and traditional companies,” said Vikash Mishra.

Commenting on the association, Mr Pirojshaw Sarkari, CEO of Gati Ltd (An AllCargo Group Company), said, “We are committed to our vision to offer green express logistics solutions and support the government’s goal to cut the net carbon emissions to zero by 2070. As a part of our ESG initiatives, we have plans to convert our entire pickup and delivery fleet to alternative fuel by 2025. The collaboration with Gentari will help us accelerate the transition and attain our sustainability goals. We are committed to build a sustainable express logistics ecosystem.”

In 2022, Gentari, through its affiliated entity Amplus Power Supply Private Limited, had signed an MoU with Tata Motors, where Tata will deliver 5,000 units of the Tata Ace EV over 3 years. Tata is India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer while the Tata Ace EV is India’s most advanced, zero-emission, 4-wheel small commercial vehicle.

This MoU includes delivery of 1,000 units in the first year, for deployment in cities such as Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata. A handover ceremony was also held at the expo to mark the delivery of the first batch of 100 trucks through March and April this year with Ashish Tandon, Senior General Manager, Product Line – SCV&PUs, Tata Motors and Shah Yang Razalli, Gentari’s Chief Green Mobility Officer in attendance. Gentari is the Green Mobility Solutions partner of the 8th Smart Cities India Expo.

Gentari’s green mobility efforts in India have achieved significant milestones, with its VaaS offering having clocked 3 million clean kilometres (equivalent to over 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions reduction), through its current fleet of approximately 1,000 3-wheeler EVs serving 3rd party logistics and e-commerce operators as well as private users.

For 2023, Gentari aims to further grow its EV fleet to more than 4,000 vehicles across 10 cities, with a mix of 3- and 4-wheeler vehicles. Gentari also targets to grow its charging hubs to cover 10 cities in 2023, expanding the current 162 charging points. It currently has a network of 7 charging hubs operating in 4 cities (at the end of 2022).

Across India, Gentari’s renewable energy footprint has been established via Amplus Solar, now comprising a portfolio of more than 1.4 GW of distributed solar assets serving over 300 Indian and multinational companies, particularly in the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector. Amplus renewable energy plants are expected to cumulatively abate 38.48 million metric tonnes of CO2 over their operational lifetime as they supply 33.32 billion units of clean electricity for local needs in India. This is equivalent to 44.12 million mature trees absorbing carbon dioxide for 40 years. Moving forward, Gentari aims to grow all 3 of its core pillars in the country i.e. fortifying its presence not only in C&I but also in utility-scale renewables, collaborating to propel its green hydrogen ambitions, and expanding its green mobility footprint. Gentari will also pursue opportunities where it can offer integrated clean energy solutions in India.

Gentari’s plans in India complement the company’s 2030 global aspirations in building a renewable energy capacity of 30-40 GW; supplying up to 1.2 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) of clean hydrogen; and becoming Asia Pacific’s preferred green mobility solutions provider by capturing 10% market share (around 25,000 charging points) across key markets in the region.

Sushil Purohit, Gentari’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We see vast potential in India’s increasingly decentralised energy infrastructure. This offers opportunities for global private players to participate in supporting India’s net zero goals. With a purpose to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable energy needs via our three core pillars – Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Green Mobility, Gentari believes this is the right time to grow our investments in India.”

“Gentari has several initiatives in the pipeline. We look forward to announcing new developments soon and always welcome enquiries from like-minded entities on potential collaborations,” Sushil concluded.

For more information on Gentari, please visit www.gentari.com.