EV charging stations to be installed by Jio-bp across Nexus Malls’ properties
Mumbai, 22nd June 2022: Nexus Malls today announced its association with Jio-bp, a fuel and mobility joint venture between RIL and bp, for the roll out of state-of-the-art EV charging stations and battery swapping stations across their portfolio of 17 malls across 13 cities.
Jio-bp is creating an ecosystem that will benefit all the stakeholders in the EV value chain and last year, the company constructed and launched two of India’s largest EV charging hubs. As part of this partnership, Nexus malls will be installed with 24*7 charging infrastructure for two and four wheeler EVs. In the first phase, these charging stations will be available at Nexus malls in Navi Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad from June 2022.
To accelerate EV adoption, Nexus will encourage the company’s customers to charge vehicles at their malls amongst other environment conscious initiatives. Nexus Malls currently is one of the largest mall owners in the country with 17 malls across 13 cities which are already clocking 100% business recovery. During the pandemic, Nexus Malls have taken several measures to reassure the customers of their safety and hygiene on the premises of the malls. This in turn has resulted in the fastest business recoveries in the industry and made the malls the most preferred destinations in their respective cities.
The JV’s electric mobility business, offering charging infrastructure to Indian consumers, operates under the brand Jio-bp pulse. With the Jio-bp pulse mobile app, customers can easily find charging stations nearby and seamlessly charge their EVs. Leveraging the best of RIL & bp’s strengths in electrification, the company is creating a charging ecosystem that will benefit all the stakeholders in the EV value chain.
About Jio-bp:
Operating under the brand ‘Jio-bp’, Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML) is an Indian fuels and mobility joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and bp. The joint venture leverages Reliance’s presence across the country and its millions of consumers through the Jio digital platform. bp brings its extensive global experience in high-quality differentiated fuels, lubricants, retail, and advanced low carbon mobility solutions. In addition to marketing conventional fuels, RBML provides advanced mobility solutions and alternate fueling options to its customers such as Electric Vehicles (EV) charging points, and Battery Swapping Stations (BSS). The company’s aviation brand ‘air bp-Jio’ is a leading supplier of Aviation Turbine Fuel across India. The brand ‘Jio-bp Fuel4U’ caters to on-demand doorstep delivery of diesel and is a market leader in the segment.
About Nexus Malls:
Nexus Malls is the Indian Retail Portfolio arm of world’s leading investment firm, The Blackstone Group. Nexus Malls marked its foray into Indian Retailing in 2016 with an aim to transform the shopping experience of the Indian consumers. Growing at great pace since inception, Nexus Malls now boasts of a portfolio of 9.3 million square feet of Grade A retail space in the country. Nexus Malls have thereby establishing themselves as one of the leaders in the retail real estate industry in India.
With an objective of identifying, evaluating, buying and adding value to the assets that they acquire, Nexus Malls today operates across 16 major malls in the country spread across 12 cities which include Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Mysore, Mangalore and Udaipur. One of the malls in the Nexus Malls portfolio is India’s largest Transit Oriented Development – Seawoods Grand Central in Navi Mumbai.
Set up with transformation being its core agenda, Nexus Malls seeks to implement best practices and state-of-the-art technology in India by bringing in professional and broader mall management in the country. It also aims to aid its retail partners to compete effectively and cater to the omnipresent needs of the consumers in India.