AI Meets EV — Netradyne to Power Safety Tech for India's E-Highways

Reliance-backed Netradyne, an AI-based fleet safety firm, has partnered with National Highways for Electric Vehicles (NHEV) to build an intelligence and safety layer across India's e-highway network. NHEV is a central government-adopted project targeting 26 highway corridors and a 5,500-km network by 2027. For commercial EV operators, fleet companies and freight businesses looking at long-haul electric transport in India, this tie-up directly affects how safe and operationally dependable those corridors will be going forward.

What NHEV Is Actually Building and Where Netradyne Comes In

NHEV is developing an integrated e-highway network on existing Bharatmala and Sagarmala routes — connecting Delhi to Kanyakumari via Mumbai and Kolkata. The project has a Rs 3,672 crore credit line from HDFC Bank and is targeting

26 corridors by 2027. The infrastructure covers charging, energy management, digital systems and operational support. What was missing was a dedicated layer for driver safety and live fleet tracking. Netradyne fills that gap. Its AI platform will be rolled out in phases across commercial EVs on NHEV corridors, handling driver behaviour tracking, vehicle monitoring, and corridor-level operational oversight.

What the AI System Does While Vehicles Are on the Road

The Netradyne platform is designed around catching problems before they turn into incidents. It detects early signs of driver fatigue, risky driving patterns as well as vehicle distress in real time — not after the fact. Fleet operators get a live picture of where their vehicles are, how drivers are behaving and what risks are developing on the route. For long-haul electric freight where a breakdown or crash on a national highway means significant downtime and financial loss, this kind of monitoring is not just useful — it is operationally necessary. The data collected also feeds into policy work and real-world validation for India's connected mobility framework.

Why This Goes Beyond Just Fleet Management

Long-haul commercial EV freight in India is still finding its feet. One of the biggest obstacles to growth in this space is trust — there is not enough real-world data on how commercial EVs hold up over long distances at scale. This partnership is partly about building that evidence base while also reducing road risk. Netradyne was founded in 2015, is headquartered in San Diego, and has more than 70% of its workforce in India including an office in Bengaluru. For lenders, insurers and fleet operators sitting on the fence about committing to long-haul electric transport, a monitored and safety-layered highway network gives them something concrete to base decisions on.