mumbai electric twowheeler maker hero electric has partnered with automotive aftermarket multisided platform spareit to train private garage owners and use their network as ev service hubs as part of the collaboration spareit will offer these garages as private garage owners pgo for hero electrics b2b and b2c clients a release said on wednesday additionally spareit locate app will integrate fleets and customers for garage discovery and service calls to make ev owning experience seamless it added set up in 2020 spareit which enables small and independent garages with easy access to spare sourcing business management tools and upskilling programmes to make them ev ready currently has over 100 ev trained garages with charging points in their network across bangalore moving a step ahead in fostering ev ecosystem and pgos growth hero electric will provide training to garage owners associated with spareit besides coaching trainers from spareit as part of their trainthetrainer programme the release said the company believes that a robust and wellequipped service network is a key to a satisfying customer experience mechanics need to be reskilled and trained to readily address various issues faced by customers in the operation usage and maintenance of the electric scooters said sohinder gill ceo at hero electric this partnership further brings us closer to our commitment of training 20000 pgos and also reflects the growth of the electric vehicle segment fastening the green mobility shift we look forward to this next phase of electric mobility where our pgos drive this green revolution gill added hero electric said it is committed to creating an ecosystem by reskilling and training mechanics and garage owners under its pgos initiative to service all types of electric bikes in the near future so far hero has trained over 6000 such pgos and is now committed to train over 20000 such owners in the next two years it said our platform digitises the offline neighbourhood garages by empowering them with easy access to sourcing lastmile logistics business management solutions and digital credit said prashant kamdar founder director spareit this partnership allows us to create a convenient and efficient ecosystem to service our customers and further the growth of the ev segment he emphasised we are excited to partner with hero electric garages are a key link in the ev ecosystem and this partnership is a testament of how working together and leveraging ones strengths can be beneficial said romi chugh cofounder and director spareit