Why Thiruvananthapuram matters
State EV programme headquarters and fleet depot. Active names in and around the city include KSRTC, ANERT.
Metro zones are where vehicles live and retire: ride-hailing and delivery fleets, e-bus depots, multi-brand workshops and dealer service centres. Volumes are steady but spread across many small sites, with a wide mix of chemistries and conditions.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Serving site | Bengaluru — Hosur Diagnostics Centre (Cell Grading & Diagnostics) |
| Pickup SLA | 72 hours |
| Coverage radius | 233 km |
| Collection cadence | Scheduled milk runs, weekly in dense areas |
| Regulatory framework | Battery Waste Management Rules 2022 (BWMR) |
How collection works here
Collection runs as a scheduled milk run across depots, dealers and workshops, so single packs never sit for weeks in unventilated storage. Fleet operators can plan retirements against telematics data and book depot collections in batches.
Loads move in Class 9 compliant transport with pre-filled dangerous goods paperwork to Hosur, Tamil Nadu, where they are weighed, logged and graded.
- Ride-hailing and delivery fleets
- Electric bus depots
- Dealer and multi-brand workshops
- Battery swap operators
What the rules require in India
The Battery Waste Management Rules 2022 put extended producer responsibility on everyone who places batteries on the Indian market, including EV batteries. Producers and recyclers register on the CPCB's centralised EPR portal. Registered recyclers generate EPR certificates for the quantities they process, and producers buy these to meet their collection targets. The rules also set rising material recovery targets and phase in minimum use of domestically recycled content.
Retired packs move as hazardous goods by road under central motor vehicle rules, and export needs Basel-compliant permissions.
- Register as a producer on the CPCB EPR portal and file annual returns
- Meet EPR targets with certificates from registered recyclers
- Use recyclers holding State Pollution Control Board consent to operate
- Plan for rising minimum recovery and recycled-content requirements
Field note
What you get paid and what you file
Settlement is quoted per pack after measured state of health, not by guesswork on age. Modules holding 75% or more of rated capacity settle at second-life rates; the remainder settle against black mass metal content.
Certificates are issued in a form accepted for EPR filing under the Battery Waste Management Rules 2022.