Fresh Bus Adds 400 Electric Buses Under Expanded ChargeZone Partnership, Taking Fleet to 500

Fresh Bus is set to add 400 electric buses under its expanded partnership with ChargeZone, taking the fleet supported by ChargeZone’s charging infrastructure from 100 to 500 buses over the next 15 months.

The expanded partnership will strengthen Fresh Bus‘ electric intercity operations across southern India while adding 30 MW of dedicated charging capacity. The deployment will connect 20 cities and 17 additional towns across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The expansion will enable Fresh Bus to scale its all-electric intercity operations across more routes while relying on dedicated charging infrastructure from ChargeZone

400 More Electric Buses, 30 MW More Charging

Under the expanded partnership, ChargeZone will deploy 30 MW of additional charging capacity for Fresh Bus. This will take the total dedicated charging capacity supporting the Fresh Bus network from the existing 10 MW to 40 MW.

The additional infrastructure will support the 400 new electric buses as they are deployed over the next 15 months.

At full scale, the partnership is expected to deliver around 100 million units of energy annually and support more than 20,000 passenger journeys per day. The companies estimate that the expanded network could reduce CO₂ emissions by approximately 9,000–10,000 tonnes annually.

The additional charging capacity will also contribute to ChargeZone’s broader plan to add 200 MW of charging capacity across its national network.

ChargeZone and Fresh Bus Expand Electric Intercity Operations

Kartikey Hariyani, Founder and CEO, ChargeZone, said commercial mobility, particularly intercity public transport, can play a critical role in scaling electric vehicle adoption.

Sudhakar Reddy, Founder, Fresh Bus, highlighted charging infrastructure as a key requirement for expanding electric bus operations across multiple corridors.

The partnership combines Fresh Bus’ all-electric intercity bus operations with ChargeZone’s charging infrastructure. The two companies aim to support the expansion through dedicated charging capacity across the routes covered by the new deployment.

ChargeZone currently operates more than 15,000 charging points across over 1,200 locations in India and the UAE, while Fresh Bus operates an all-electric intercity bus service in India.

The expansion points to a broader shift in India’s electric bus market, where scaling operations is increasingly dependent on the availability of dedicated charging infrastructure alongside vehicle deployment. Moving from 100 to 500 buses under a single partnership also reflects the growing focus on building larger, corridor-based electric bus networks rather than isolated deployments.

For the industry, the ChargeZone-Fresh Bus partnership highlights how charging capacity and fleet operations will increasingly need to scale together as electric intercity mobility moves towards larger commercial deployments.