Fortum to power India's electric vehicles, plans 700 charging points

Company entered Indian market in October 2017 with pilot, is silent on quantum of investment planned

Fortum, one of the world's leading clean energy companies, is eyeing a signal role in powering a wide fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) on Indian roads. 

With a dominant presence in Nordic countries and the Baltic region, Russia and Poland, Fortum is looking to deepen presence in India by building on its network of charging points for EVs. Fortum India which has already operationalized 36 direct current (DC), unmanned points in the suburbs of Hyderabad and Mumbai, is aiming to ramp up this network to  700 by 2020.

“We are constantly evaluating the Indian market for charging infrastructure. On our