ThunderPlus and Evey Trans Private Limited have announced a partnership to develop a large EV charging hub near Vijayawada. The project represents one of the more significant EV infrastructure investments announced in the state in recent months.
The facility will be developed on approximately one acre of land at Kunchanapalli, with a planned installed capacity of 1.6 MW. The hub will include seven DC fast chargers along with battery swapping infrastructure and dedicated fast-charging stations for electric two-wheelers. Once operational, the site is expected to support charging for more than 50 electric buses and over 100 electric cars simultaneously, making it one of the higher-capacity EV charging facilities in Andhra Pradesh.
In addition to charging infrastructure, the project is being designed as a comprehensive EV operations centre. The facility will feature bus servicing and repair bays, spare parts storage, driver rest and boarding areas, a driver training zone, and vehicle washing and maintenance facilities. These features are intended to reduce operational downtime for fleet operators and improve vehicle turnaround times.
The hub’s location at Kunchanapalli places it along the busy Hyderabad–Vijayawada corridor, a major transport route connecting multiple states. The partners say the facility will support electric buses operating between Vijayawada and several parts of the country, while also serving logistics companies and individual EV users travelling on long-distance routes.
According to Rajeev YSR, Executive Director and CEO of ThunderPlus, the collaboration aligns with the company’s broader strategy of building EV infrastructure through partnerships. He noted that jointly developing high-capacity ultra-fast charging hubs can significantly strengthen India’s EV charging ecosystem.
Sandeep Raizada, CEO of Evey Trans, said the Vijayawada hub is expected to be the first in a series of similar projects. He added that the company aims to develop multiple high-capacity charging hubs across strategic cities and transport corridors to support electric buses, trucks, passenger vehicles, and two-wheelers as EV adoption accelerates.
Evey Trans currently operates around 3,300 electric buses across more than 50 cities in seven states and two union territories, covering over 800,000 kilometres daily. The scale of its fleet makes reliable, large-scale charging infrastructure an important operational requirement, particularly for intercity routes.
ThunderPlus has been steadily expanding its charging network across India, focusing on high-throughput locations such as highways, logistics corridors, and urban mobility hubs. Partnerships with commercial fleet operators have become a key part of its deployment strategy, as fleets require dependable charging access at scale rather than relying solely on public infrastructure.
India’s EV ecosystem has seen growing investments in charging infrastructure over the past two years, driven by government incentives, declining battery costs, and increasing adoption among transport operators and private fleets. However, the availability of fast-charging facilities outside major urban centres remains limited, particularly for intercity travel.
Infrastructure projects along high-traffic routes such as the Hyderabad–Vijayawada corridor are therefore viewed as critical for enabling long-distance electric mobility. Once operational, the charging hub at Kunchanapalli is expected to help address infrastructure gaps along one of Andhra Pradesh’s key transport arteries while supporting the broader transition toward electric transportation in India.
