WATI enables Pulse Energy to build WhatsApp EV Charger Bot – ET Auto

Merchants can easily initiate a payment request as a WhatsApp message to their customers and get real-time notifications when payments are made by integrating WhatsApp Payments into WATI’s platform.WATI’s flow builder provides seamless integration with WhatsApp payments in a few easy clicks. WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox), an end-to-end WhatsApp API solution for SMBs, today announced its partnership with one of the largest aggregators of EV chargers across India, Pulse Energy. WATI has built a custom automated flow for Pulse Energy, using its low-code flow builder and out-of-the-box integration with WhatsApp payments. According to the IVCA-EY-Induslaw report, EVs account for 1.1 percent of total vehicle sales and are expected to account for 39 percent of total automotive sales by CY27. However, there are only 1,742 charging stations at present and the number is expected to increase to 100,000 units by 2027 to meet growing demand. At present, the EV charging process is primarily app driven and a large majority of these users are non-English speakers. In order to align itself with India’s EV mission and accelerate growth, Pulse Energy launched a project to decipher how to reduce the cognitive load required to start and stop any charging station across the country.
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