ThunderPlus and EV Trans Pvt Ltd 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 in Kunchanapalli, with a planned installed capacity of 1.6 MW. The hub will include seven DC fast chargers as well as battery swapping infrastructure and dedicated fast-charging stations for electric two-wheelers. Once operational, the site is expected to support charging for over 50 electric buses and over 100 electric cars simultaneously, making it one of the high capacity EV charging facilities in Andhra Pradesh.
Apart from charging infrastructure, the project is being designed as a comprehensive EV operations centre. The facility will include bus servicing and repair rooms, spare parts storage, driver rest and boarding areas, a driver training area and vehicle washing and maintenance facilities. These features aim to reduce operational downtime and improve vehicle turnaround times for fleet operators.
The hub’s location at Kunchanapalli places it along the busy Hyderabad-Vijayawada corridor, a major transport route connecting several states. The partners say the facility will support electric buses running between Vijayawada and several parts of the country, as well as serve logistics companies and individual EV users traveling on long-distance routes.
According to Rajeev YSR, Executive Director and CEO of ThunderPlus, this collaboration is in line with the company’s broader strategy of building EV infrastructure through partnerships. He said that jointly developing high capacity ultra-fast charging hubs can significantly strengthen India’s EV charging ecosystem.
Away Trans CEO Sandeep Raizada said the Vijayawada hub is expected to be the first in a series of similar projects. He said the company aims to develop multiple high-capacity charging hubs in strategic cities and transportation corridors to support electric buses, trucks, passenger vehicles and two-wheelers as EV adoption accelerates.
eVeTrans currently operates around 3,300 electric buses in over 50 cities across seven states and two union territories, covering a distance of over 800,000 kilometers daily. The size of its fleet makes reliable, large-scale charging infrastructure a critical operational requirement, especially for intercity routes.
ThunderPlus is continuously 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 reliable charging access at scale rather than relying solely on public infrastructure.
India’s EV ecosystem has seen increasing investment in charging infrastructure over the past two years, driven by government incentives, falling battery costs and growing adoption among transport operators and private fleets. However, the availability of fast-charging facilities outside major urban centers is limited, especially for intercity travel.
Infrastructure projects on high-traffic routes such as the Hyderabad-Vijayawada corridor are therefore considered important to enable long-distance electric mobility. Once operational, the charging hub at Kunchanapalli is expected to help address infrastructure deficiencies along one of Andhra Pradesh’s major transport arteries while supporting the broader transition towards electric transportation in India.
