<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">Energy In Motion Limited and Sorigin Green Mobility Private Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding to deploy 500 electric heavy commercial vehicles across India over two years, with the initial rollout focused on the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority ecosystem . The agreement, announced on 3 November 2026, represents one of the largest planned electric truck deployments linked to a major Indian port, and it adds a fleet-operation partnership to EIM's growing electric vehicle infrastructure around JNPA.</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">The operational model separates vehicle ownership from freight service. Sorigin will finance, deploy, operate, and maintain the vehicles, while customers pay for freight movement without purchasing trucks upfront . This managed-service approach addresses one of the primary barriers to electric truck adoption—the high upfront capital cost—by allowing cargo owners and logistics operators to access electric traction without committing to vehicle ownership. Sorigin's director Gautam Rekhi and co-founder Aarav Tanti said the company already operates EIM tractors at Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Tuticorin Container Terminal, giving it operational experience with the vehicles before the expanded deployment.</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">EIM's role is to supply the vehicles and the energy infrastructure that supports them. The company will provide Ashwa 55-tonne electric tractors alongside charging infrastructure, battery-swapping facilities, and energy-management services . EIM managing director Narendra Murkumbi said the partnership would combine vehicles and energy infrastructure to address utilisation, turnaround times, and operating costs . The 500-vehicle figure is a deployment target under the MoU, with the initial 18 vehicles at JNPA providing the first implementation milestone .</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">The charging infrastructure context is significant because it determines whether the vehicles can operate at the utilisation rates that freight operations require. EIM opened its second heavy-duty battery-swapping station at Nhava Sheva Distribution Terminal in September 2026, and at that time it said nearly 150 of its electric trucks were operating within the JNPA ecosystem . The company has outlined plans for an electric vehicle complex incorporating three battery-swapping and charging stations, a service station, a driver training centre, and a heavy-vehicle simulator, intended eventually to support more than 700 heavy trucks across port terminal corridors . These are planned capabilities rather than current deployments, but they indicate the scale of infrastructure that EIM is building around the port.</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">EIM's manufacturing capacity provides the supply-side foundation for the deployment. On 14 October 2026, the company inaugurated an electric heavy commercial vehicle complex at Ambi village in Talegaon, Pune, describing the ₹500-crore development as the first phase of a ₹1,000-crore investment programme in Maharashtra . The complex combines vehicle assembly, lithium-ion battery-pack assembly, and an independent battery-testing laboratory, with an initial vehicle assembly capacity of 5,000 units annually on a single-shift basis . EIM's technology partnerships include BAIC Foton Motor for heavy electric vehicles, Contemporary Amperex Technology for battery technology, and Shanghai Enneagon Energy Technology for robotic battery-swapping systems .</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">For India's port logistics sector, the EIM-Sorigin agreement is a signal that electric heavy trucking is moving from pilot projects to commercial-scale service models around major gateways. JNPA is India's largest container port, and the truck movements that connect it to container freight stations, inland container depots, and hinterland markets are a significant source of diesel consumption and emissions. If the 500-vehicle target is achieved, it would represent a meaningful shift in the fuel mix of port-linked road transport, though the two-year timeline and the phased rollout mean that the actual impact will depend on utilisation rates and the reliability of the charging and swapping infrastructure.</span></p><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph" style="margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="">Looking ahead, the key milestones are the deployment of the initial 18 vehicles at JNPA, the commissioning of the supporting charging and swapping infrastructure, and the operational data that emerges from the first months of service. The agreement does not disclose pricing, the specific routes the vehicles will serve, or the customers who will use the service . For now, the MoU establishes a framework and a target, and the immediate implementation at JNPA will test whether the managed-service model can deliver the cost and reliability profile that port-linked freight operators require.</span></p>