Smart Charge Options

82 Volt brings along sustainable, smart charging. Deepti Thore shares the know-how of its ecosystem on offer.

- Deepti Thore

Conceptualised to scale the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure globally, 82 Volt Technologies (82Volt) is an EV tech company offering end-to-end full-stack charging solutions. Claimed to be smart, these charging solutions are said to score high on sustainability. With its positioning as India's first fully integrated EV technology company, 82Volt has a diverse clientele. From working with grid companies to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), the business model of the company allows it to gather heaps of data deployed back to improve the existing infrastructure. This is in line with its goal to scale up the charging infrastructure. "We believe that data holds the key to setting up a robust charging infrastructure and want to help scale the industry with data as the backbone," stated Akshay Sasikumar, Chief Executive Officer, 82Volt.

At the back end of the charging ecosystem, the company has a dedicated team that deals with the data pool. This involves and is not limited to leveraging data to ensure optimal charging and enhancing battery life. Working with grids helps them in managing load distribution to in turn avoid grid failure. The company provides end-to-end solutions to enterprises who in turn both deploy the solution and use the data for their internal business needs.

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Some of their chargers include ElevenDot (11 kW), the Seven Dot (7 kW) and Twenty2Dot (22 kW) AC which are the Dot series AC wall-mounted chargers. Some of the other chargers are Dash47 (47 kW), 60Dash (60 kW), 120Dash (120 kW), 180Dash (180 kW), 240Dash (240 kW), 360Dash (360 kW) and 480Dash (480 kW) from the Dash series DC floor standing fast chargers. Some of the key features of all the chargers are easy installation and maintenance, fast charging up to 240 kW with dynamic load balancing, and charging management powered by the cloud and linked to an app.