India plans to launch remaining particulars of a nationwide battery-swapping coverage for electrical two- and three-wheelers later this month, based on an individual acquainted with the matter and a doc seen by Bloomberg News.

Key to this system, first mooted in the federal budget in February, is the federal government’s need to standardize the dimensions of batteries to make them appropriate with all automobiles utilizing swap stations, the 40-page doc reveals. While India received’t instantly introduce standardized batteries for swap stations as it will want “close coordination” amongst swapping-point operators, that would be the long-term objective, the doc states.