Bengaluru to Chennai is one of South India's most important business corridors, and it is about to get a lot faster. A dedicated Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is under construction alongside the existing NH48, and once fully open it is expected to cut travel time to around three hours, down from five or six today.
Even before that expressway fully opens, this corridor is already busy. Hosur's manufacturing belt, Vellore's medical tourism traffic, and Kanchipuram's temple and silk trade all bring steady footfall to properties along NH48.
Think about a family driving from Bengaluru to Vellore for a hospital appointment. It is not a leisure trip, but they still need food, rest and a place to park while they are there, sometimes for days at a stretch. If your property offers a charging point along with those basics, you have given them a reason to choose your stop over the next one.
That is the actual business: EV charging plus food, rest, shopping and parking, packaged as one stop, not an isolated charger standing alone in a parking lot.
A 60 kW DC fast charger running at good utilization can add up to meaningful monthly revenue, but the real number on your property depends on traffic at your exact spot, your charging price, electricity cost, demand charges and nearby competition.
We are not going to quote you a fixed monthly income figure without seeing your site. What MSEB Power can do is walk your property, look at the numbers with you, and give you an honest read on whether it makes sense before you invest.
The Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is one of South India's biggest infrastructure projects, and land prices and industrial investment along this general corridor have already been rising steadily since the project was finalised. Hosur in particular is seeing rapid growth as an electronics and auto manufacturing hub just outside Bengaluru.
More electric vehicles are entering both personal and commercial fleets on this route every year, and a property that plans for charging infrastructure now is well placed to serve that demand as the corridor gets busier and faster.
A fast-growing electronics and auto-component manufacturing hub just outside Bengaluru.
Known for its mango orchards and a steady midway stop between the two cities.
Home to a major medical hub that draws patient and family traffic from across South India.
An established industrial town with a mix of leather, chemical and auto-ancillary units.
A temple town famous for its silk weaving trade, drawing steady tourist and business traffic.
The endpoint of this corridor, a major auto manufacturing and business hub in its own right.
We visit or review your highway property and the business opportunity around it.
We check your existing electrical connection, load capacity and what upgrade it may need.
We help pick the right AC or DC charger capacity for your traffic and vehicle mix.
We look at demand, nearby competition, pricing and how the numbers work for your site.
We coordinate sourcing of suitable charging equipment through our technology partners.
We coordinate the civil, electrical and charger installation work end to end.
We support testing and commissioning before your station goes live.
We configure the charging and payment system your customers will use.
Where it fits, we evaluate adding solar generation and battery backup.
We coordinate ongoing maintenance and technical support after commissioning.
We help you evaluate whether a charging station makes sense for your property, rather than simply selling you equipment.
Our objective: the right charger, at the right location, for the right business model.
Have land, a petrol pump, hotel, dhaba, industrial plot, mall or commercial property anywhere between Bengaluru and Chennai? Tell us your location, property type, available land or parking, existing electrical connection and highway details. We will help you understand whether the site is suitable for an EV charging project.