Battery Swapping to GridSpare packs in swap stations support the grid at peak
A swap station always holds more charged packs than riders need at any moment. That idle bank can charge on cheap, clean power and support the grid at peak, without any rider waiting for a pack.
Battery swapping to grid uses the spare packs held in a swap station as a small grid battery. Packs charge when power is cheap and plentiful and discharge in short peak windows, while the station's software makes sure every rider who arrives still finds a charged pack.
Battery swapping to grid, step by step
- 1
Racks hold spares
A station always keeps more packs than riders need at any one moment.
- 2
Forecast swaps
Demand for the next hours is forecast from the station's own history.
- 3
Discharge in the peak
Packs that will not be needed discharge to the grid for a short peak window.
- 4
Back to full
Packs recharge in time for the next rush, so no rider waits.
What the Ingro OS does
The same hardware-agnostic layer that runs Ingro EMS sits between the grid and every battery.
See every pack
Charge, health and slot of every pack across every station.
Riders first
Swap demand is forecast so a charged pack is always waiting.
Grid on top
Only the packs that are spare are offered to the DISCOM.
Aggregate stations
Many stations act as one resource for peak and frequency support.
In India so far
- Before Ingro
A swapping network in Delhi NCR
Ingro's founders built a battery-swapping network across Delhi NCR, and built the world's first bidirectional battery-swapping kiosk.
- 2023
India's first V2G battery-swapping station
Sheru and BSES Rajdhani Power set up India's first V2G battery-swapping station: spare packs for 2W and 3W riders charge on cheap, clean power and support the grid at peak.
- Sep 2026
Ingro and ISGF sign an MOU for one V2G operating system
Ingro will build a unified V2G operating system for DISCOMs and OEMs, bringing together what the charging and swapping pilots learned.
What each side gets
Swap operators
Income from packs that would otherwise sit idle in the rack.
2W and 3W fleets
No change to riding or swapping: a charged pack is always there.
DISCOMs
Peak support from stations already spread across the city.
What we have posted on this
Announcements and analysis from Ingro's LinkedIn.
Sep 2026Ingro Energy and ISGF Sign MOU for a Unified V2G Operating System
India has proven both V2G modalities in the field: battery swapping (Sheru and BSES Rajdhani, 2023) and AC charging (ISGF-led demo, 2026). Under an MOU with ISGF, Ingro Energy will unify them in one V2G operating system for discoms and OEMs.
Jul 2026BESS Breaks the 30 kW Ceiling at EV Charging Sites
Most EV charging sites in India hit the same wall: a 30 kW connection, two cars charging, everyone else waiting. A behind-the-meter BESS lets a station dispense far more than its sanctioned load without a transformer upgrade, HT works, or a months-long DISCOM augmentation.
Battery swapping to grid: common questions
3 questions
No. Swap demand is forecast and only packs that will not be needed in the peak window are offered to the grid.
Ingro owns the swapping-to-grid modality via Sheru, and it is part of the unified V2G operating system Ingro is building under its MOU with the India Smart Grid Forum, alongside the charging modality.
Yes. Sheru and BSES Rajdhani set up India's first V2G battery-swapping station in 2023.
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Other ways the network uses storage
- Cloud energy storageMany customers' batteries, dispatched as one store
- Vehicle-to-grid (V2G)Parked EVs give power back at the evening peak
- Vehicle-to-home (V2H)The car in the driveway doubles as the home battery
- Virtual power plant (VPP)Batteries, EVs, solar and loads acting as one plant
- Open accessStored green power delivered when the factory needs it
Exploring Battery swapping to grid?
DISCOMs, OEMs, fleets, charge-point and swap operators, and battery owners: tell us what you are planning and we will show you how it runs on the Ingro OS.