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Hyundai Motor India installs Chennai’s first 180 kW DC fast charging station
Mumbai: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) announced the inauguration of its first 180 kW DC fast public electric-powered vehicles (EV) charging station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, comprising of 150 kW & 30 kW connectors. As part of HMIL’s commitment to Tamil Nadu, it is the only fast public EV charging station currently installed in Chennai and is a first of HMIL’s target of installing a total of 100 fast public EV charging stations at key highways and cities across Tamil Nadu.
Commenting on the installation of first fast charging station in Chennai, HMIL executive director – corporate planning Jae Wan Ryu said, “Tamil Nadu is home for Hyundai Motor India Ltd, and we have been committed to Tamil Nadu since our inception. As we celebrate 28 years of HMIL in India, we are delighted to inaugurate our first-ever 180 kW fast public charging station in Chennai. In line with Hyundai’s vision of ‘Progress for Humanity’, we aim to enhance convenience of all EV users, and hence our charging stations can be utilized by any four-wheeler EV user. HMIL envisages to install 100 charging stations across Tamil Nadu, to enhance the EV ecosystem and motivate more customers towards EV adoption across the state.”
All EV customers stand to benefit from a quick charging experience with HMIL’s public 180 kW DC fast charging station. EV owners can access the charging facility on HMIL’s own charger management system in the myHyundai App, for easy location, navigation and pre-booking of charging slots, making digital payments and remote charging status monitoring. In addition to the fast public charging station, more than 170 of the charging points currently available in Tamil Nadu are mapped in the “EV Charge” section of myHyundai app for customer convenience. This app is open and accessible to all Hyundai as well as non-Hyundai EV users.
The charging station has been strategically installed in the heart of Chennai and is located at the Spencer Plaza Mall, Anna Salai, Thousand Lights – Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The charging station is installed in close vicinity to customer amenities like coffee shops, restaurants and shopping avenues, to further induce customer delight while charging their electric vehicles.
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Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
