CJ Darcl Logistics has signed an MoU with National Highways for Electric Vehicles to pilot heavy electric vehicle freight operations on the Bengaluru-Chennai corridor.
CJ Darcl Logistics Limited, one of the largest players in India’s domestic business-to-business road transportation sector, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with National Highways for Electric Vehicles on July 1, 2026, under the Ease of Doing Business programme. The collaboration aims to evaluate the commercial viability of deploying heavy electric vehicle freight operations on NHEV’s upcoming e-highways, combining CJ Darcl’s multimodal logistics expertise with NHEV’s integrated energy stations that offer electric vehicle charging, battery swapping infrastructure, solar power integration, dedicated warehousing and strategically located logistics hubs. The Bengaluru-Chennai corridor has been identified as the priority pilot route for scalable heavy electric freight operations.
Under the MoU, CJ Darcl and NHEV will jointly develop charging infrastructure and operate a fleet of heavy electric trucks across NHEV’s Zero on Emissions Trucking e-highway. The partnership also envisages an NCR trailer-exchange model to enable seamless diesel-to-electric freight transitions at Delhi’s borders. Nikhil Agarwal, President of CJ Darcl Logistics, said the collaboration was aimed at co-creating a scalable and commercially viable model that could set a blueprint for national expansion and demonstrate how India’s logistics industry could lead the global energy transition. Abhijeet Sinha, Programme Director of Ease of Doing Business and National Highways for EV, said CJ Darcl’s scale and operational expertise made it an ideal anchor partner for evaluating heavy electric vehicle deployment aligned with infrastructure rollout.
Source: CJ Darcl Logistics
