Eversource Capital Is Majority Owner in Lithium Urban After Fresh Funding Round

EverSource Capital (EverSource), manager of India’s largest climate impact fund, announced on March 21 that it has invested in Lithium Urban Technologies Pvt Ltd. (Lithium) for a majority stake. Lithium is the largest operator of electric cars in India, providing services to 50+ clients since 2015 with a presence in 15+ cities. Eversource is a 50/50 JV between the Everstone group and Lightsource bp.

Incorporated in 2014, with an order book of over 2,000 vehicles and a network of 600+ charging stations powered by a proprietary technology stack, Lithium has delivered 180+ million electric miles over the last seven years. The company also recently expanded its offerings to corporate clients providing large form factor buses and freight management solutions using a 100% electric fleet. Lithium’s tech stack comprising fleet management, connected vehicles with charging infrastructure and demand management platform enables its fleet of electric vehicles to deliver 2x productivity, reduce carbon footprint by up to 100% and bring down the transportation costs by up to 40%.

On this partnership, Dhanpal Jhaveri, CEO, EverSource Capital, said, “We are delighted to welcome Lithium into the EverSource ecosystem as it strengthens our mission of building climate-positive businesses. With Lithium’s unique, differentiated and competitive e-mobility offering, we aim to build it into a rapidly scalable, world-class business generating superior financial returns.”

Lithium will be EverSource’s core platform for providing B2B e-mobility solutions across passenger and freight segments. The freshly infused funds will be primarily invested in enhancing the technology platform, expansion of vehicle fleet, development of new vehicle platforms and rapid expansion of its pan-India charging infrastructure.

 “We also foresee a huge synergistic benefit with our other platform, ‘GreenCell Mobility’, regarding co-development of new application-specific electric vehicles, rolling out and cross utilisation of charging and energy infrastructure, sharing of best practices and learnings between two leading electric fleet owner-operators in India.”, Dhanpal added.

Commenting on the acquisition, Sanjay Krishnan, Founder and CEO, Lithium, said, “As a company, we believe that Lithium has found the perfect partner in EverSource given their domain expertise in electric mobility and strong track record of partnering with founders of new-age businesses. With the fresh infusion, we are looking to serve our clients as a one-stop shop for their people and freight mobility requirements across the country and subsequently in global markets. Our aim is to help reduce transportation costs and operational complexity while raising the bar on transparency and employee safety along with a drastic reduction in their carbon footprint.”

With this investment, Lithium aims to roll out 10,000+ application-specific electric vehicles in the next 18-24 months coupled with required charging infrastructure and provide a platform for drivers to own EVs without demand or supply-side constraints.