EV Charging Stations Investment: DeCharge

Why India’s Highways Might Be the Next Move in DePIN & How You Can Profit Form them.

Imagine driving across one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, with no place to charge your electric car.

That’s today’s India.

EV sales in India are accelerating. Fast. But the country’s highway infrastructure? Still stuck in second gear.

Chargers are scarce, uptime is patchy, and private capital is missing. That leaves a wide-open lane for public good and investor upside.

Enter Project Surya - DeCharge’s newest EV infrastructure deployment.

A real-world, tokenized investment play. On-chain. On Solana. And on a route with thousands of EVs moving daily.

This sparks our attention and fits perfectly as a ReFi Hub listing because - it’s goes beyond being just another theoretical Web3 fix. It’s a revenue-generating play, that’s anchored in actual demand.

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The Problem is not EV Adoption. It’s Infrastructure.

India already has 7.8% EV adoption, just 3 points behind the U.S.

In 2024, over 2 million EVs were sold, up 24% year-on-year. In June 2025 alone, passenger EV sales surged 80% YoY. The country’s aiming for 30% penetration by 2030.

But while EVs are surging, infrastructure is stalling.

Even in Bangalore, India’s EV capital, charging is scarce. The EV-to-charger ratio is 235:1, compared to 18:1 in the U.S. and 13:1 in the EU. Take a second to digest that level of undersupply, and opportunity.

That’s the setting for Project Surya: targeting a corridor where 3,600 EVs move daily, but chargers are very limited.

So why hasn’t this been solved?

Not because demand is lacking. Not because tech isn’t ready. It’s the all about the capital and complexity. Highway sites mean land negotiations, utility permissions, civil work, and ops, each being a friction point. And of course there’s the cost. A single fast charger can costs ₹15 lakh+ (~$18K) before install.

It’s too messy for traditional finance.

Too slow for government.

That’s exactly where DeCharge finds its edge.

Project Surya: Turning Missed Infrastructure into Measurable Yield

DeCharge is deploying 19 EV chargers across 3 highway hubs in Bangalore, South India. It’s the first in a series of modular, tokenized EV networks - all designed for yield-hungry investors who want exposure to real assets without the middlemen.

The Setup:

• 4 Fast DC chargers (60 kW)
• 15 standard Beast chargers (7 kW)
• First units go live September 15
• Completion target: December 20
• First investor payouts: January 2026
• Tokenized on Solana, with smart-metered transparency baked in

Think of it as buying a piece of infrastructure that keeps working and paying, while you sleep.

What’s more DeCharge are a proven company with +300 chargers in their network and a solid presence and community across India. Now they’re bringing their tech to underserved highways, and crowdfunding it via ReFi Hub.

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Let’s Talk Numbers, Because Vibes Don’t Pay Dividends

Annual Charging Revenue: $216,500 Annual Net Profit: $108,113 Projected Yield to Investors: 43.25% annually Guaranteed Return Floor: 150% over project term Monthly USDC payouts, directly on-chain

Even at conservative usage rates, the charger network is projected to support 77 sessions per day—across a route where EV density is rising and competitors are few.

Break down a single fast-charging session:

• User pays: $10.85
• Costs (grid + ops): $5.25
• Net Profit: $5.60
• Investor Share (60%): $3.36

Multiply that by thousands of sessions a month, and you’re looking at real cashflow.

For a full breakdown of projections and use of funds see listing page: https://app.refihub.io/investments/7/

Risk? Yes. Recklessness? No.

Here’s what makes this worth taking seriously, even for cautious investors:

• Return guarantee: 150% minimum return built into contracts
• Insurance coverage: Covers all charging equipment
• Modular chargers: Relocatable if site demand drops
• Solana-native transparency: No off-chain promises

That doesn’t eliminate risk, nothing does. But it converts “blind faith” into “bounded exposure.”

The Bigger Picture: EV Highways as the DePIN Frontier

What Project Surya really unlocks is a new asset class: on-chain infrastructure tied to real-world throughput.

It’s the physical version of DeFi: people pay to use a service, and that value flows directly to investors.

With India targeting 30% EV penetration by 2030 and road networks remaining underdeveloped, this play is in first-mover territory.

If you missed the early solar runs, or the rise of Tesla, this might be your next window.

Before the Window Closes…

A this time of this writing, project Surya is already highly anticipated by the ReFi Hub and several Solana communities.

The raise opens 3rd Sept 2025.

This is more than just buying a stake in EV chargers.

You’re buying into the infrastructure layer of the new mobility economy, before institutional capital catches up.

Want to see more?

Check out the listing page here: https://app.refihub.io/investments/7/