A new public EV charging app for India, ChargeIndia, has launched on this year’s World EV Day (Wednesday 9 September), bringing more than 40 charge point operators across over 1,200 cities into a single app. The platform lets EV owners find, check availability, and pay for chargers across multiple networks through one account, utilising India’s UPI instant payments system. The app will bring an added layer of convenience to EV drivers and riders across the country, removing the need to juggle multiple charging apps or prepaid wallets.
A new unified EV charging app for India launches
Uptake of electric vehicles in India is rising at a rapid rate, with July 2026 figures seeing new electric car registrations rise a significant 82% year-on-year, with these models now accounting for 8% of new passenger car registrations. India’s public charging footprint has grown in response, but with numerous different operators, it’s proving increasingly difficult for users to juggle the various charging apps and prepaid wallets needed to charge at every location – which is where ChargeIndia hopes to fill the gap.
The app brings charge point discovery, current charger availability, trip planning, and payment together in one place. Drivers can plan a route with charging stops built in, manage multiple vehicle profiles, and pay for any session on any network directly through an instant payment system, without needing to top up an operator’s wallet first. The app also shows the running cost of an EV against a petrol or diesel equivalent. The newly launched app currently only supports four-wheeled EVs, but two-wheelers, the largest EV segment in India by volume, are due to be added within the app’s first year.
Beyond the consumer app, ChargeIndia is also offering its service as an integration layer for automakers, fleet operators, and other app developers, so they can add charging to their own products without connecting to dozens of operators individually.
Devbrat Hariyani, Founder of ChargeIndia, commented:
“Anyone who has driven an electric car between two Indian cities knows the routine. You carry several charging apps, keep money in several wallets, and still don’t know whether the charger at the end of the drive is working until you get there. There are plenty of chargers. What has been missing is a simple way to use them.
India has three things in place that few markets have together: a real-time payments system that works everywhere, dozens of charging operators who want their chargers used more, and a new wave of EV owners every month. Nobody had connected them. ChargeIndia does.”
