Nhava Sheva now runs 150 electric trucks as port targets full energy transition by 2027

Energy In Motion has opened a second heavy-duty battery swapping station inside Jawaharlal Nehru Port, at the Nhava Sheva Distribution Terminal, as the port authority works towards a stated goal of full energy transition by December 2027.

Nearly 150 EIM electric trucks are already operating within JNPA, one of the larger deployments of electric heavy vehicles in Indian freight operations. The company said its first station at the port, E5, reached full operational capacity within a short period.

The new facility is the first component of what EIM calls an EV Megaplex, which will bring together three battery swap-cum-charging stations, a dedicated service station, a driver training centre and a heavy-vehicle simulator. The company said the complex will eventually support electrification of more than 700 heavy trucks across terminal corridors at the port. It did not disclose the investment behind either the station or the wider facility.

Heavy trucking has been the slowest segment of Indian road transport to electrify, because payload, duty cycles and charging downtime work against battery vehicles. Ports are an exception. Trucks run fixed short-haul routes, return to the same base, and operate on predictable schedules, which suits battery swapping, where a depleted pack is exchanged in minutes rather than charged over hours.

Managing director Narendra Murkumbi said the operation is expanding from dedicated port work into the wider port logistics chain, including container freight station movements, and that slot-booking and slot optimisation systems are being used to integrate electric vehicles into high-throughput freight operations.

The inauguration was attended by Lokesh Chandra, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and chairman and managing director of MSEDCL, JNPA chairperson Gaurav Dayal, deputy chairperson Ravish Kumar Singh, and Shantanu Lath, chief executive of Ravindra Energy.