Repos Energy: Ratan Tata-backed startup brings fuel to your doorstep

From a petrol pump business to forming a path-breaking startup for a global cause, the founders of Repos Energy have given a different meaning to innovation.
With doorstep fuel delivery through mobile petrol pumps, Repos aims at transforming India’s energy distribution system. The startup is backed by the chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata. In 2017, Repos Energy founders Chetan Walunj and his wife Aditi Bhosale

Walunj saw a great opportunity in the challenges of the prevalent fuel distribution and innovated a system to offer fuel at doorsteps through mobile petrol pumps.

Repos’s mission is to bring all fuels, be it liquid, gaseous or electric, under one roof and make them available to the last mile with just a click on the phone. Repos is now working on bringing renewable energies such as ethanol, methanol and biofuels on its mobile distribution network to help India move towards a carbon neutral future.

“The purpose of Repos is to solve the problem of increasing carbon emissions through an effective and systematic distribution of energy, one energy form at a time, starting with the doorstep delivery of diesel on mobile petrol pumps,” said Chetan.

Foundation of IoT Under Tata’s mentorship, Repos has built one of the biggest IoT factories in the world for mobile petrol pumps.

Besides RMPP, Repos has also innovated DATUM (Data Automated Teller Ultimate Machine), a one-of-its-kind innovation that provides fuel consumers with real-time data on the availability, quality, quantity and usage of fuel.

So far Repos has its presence in 220+ cities across India, with 1,500+ Repos Mobile Petrol Pumps operating on ground. For its innovations, Repos has won the National Startup Award 2021 and was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.