Mobile energy distribution company Repos has launched an organic waste-powered Mobile Electric Charging Vehicle (MECV), and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the company Urja Biosystem and BatX Energies to roll out the solution in the market.
Old recycled batteries are used to power the solution, noted Chetan Walunj, Founder and CEO, Repos. He said, “It is designed as a fast-charging network available any day, anytime, anywhere in the city. The cost of total ownership is quite low, driven by our business model.”
The unique project accumulates power generated through waste into recycled second-life batteries and then carries out the distribution through Mobile Electric Charging Vehicles. Repos had won the National Start-up Award 2021 in the industry 4.0 vertical from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
This second-life energy storage technology will not only help India reuse the hazardous lithium-ion battery waste from electric vehicles but also create a circular economy, pointed out Utkarsh Singh, Founder and CEO, BatX Energies. Singh said, “The trio-led solution will help customers to reduce range anxiety and have easy access to EV charging on demand at the desired location. This will be the world’s first of its kind of carbon neutral solution made in India for the world.”