ReadyAssist Plans To Provide Roadside Assistance To EVs Across 5K Locations

ReadyAssist has announced that it is planning to provide pan India roadside assistance to electric vehicles across 5000 locations. 

With this initiative, ReadyAssist will become India’s first RSA provider to enable an umbrella of services under one platform for the electric vehicle owners in India. The customers will get assistance for services such as battery swapping and on-the-spot charging services through its mobile charge units. Here mobile charging unit implies that the RSA provider will get a portable charge pack which can be directly connected with the electric vehicles to charge it on the spot.

The company will also facilitate funding options to its existing mechanics partners so that they can open their own micro charging kiosks at home to support EV owners across urban and rural areas. This will not only help them become a key stake holder in building sustainable energy ecosystem but also help them turn them into micro-entrepreneurs. Such micro charge stations will be connected through the companies technology platform and made available to customer through the subscription model.

“From launching the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) scheme in 2015 to National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020, the Indian government has taken a number of steps in boosting the EV industry in India. However, there are many challenges that needs to be addressed for a successful adaptation of EV starting from getting the right product to wining customer mindshare, competency building, service & support network, charging network, RSA network and so on. We at ReadyAssist is trying to solve the challenge in competency building, setting up charging network & adding EV specific RSA by cross leveraging our existing network & infrastructure in addition to our regular RSA and accidental recovery support.” said Vimal Singh, Founder & CEO, ReadyAssist.

With multiple large corporations entering into EV segment and also multi-national companies announcing its plans to launch its electric vehicles in India, the sentiments across the Indian EV market are at an all-time high spirit. The electric vehicle (EV) market in India is expected to hit over 63 lakh unit mark per annum by 2027 at a CAGR of 44 percent, according to a report by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).