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is currently estimated to have independent efforts to strengthen
four lakh electric two wheelers, charging infrastructure. Andhra
one lakh e-rickshaws and a few Pradesh and Gujarat are installing
thousand electric cars. The Indian EV chargers. An EV charging
Government’s initiatives, such as the station was recently inaugurated at
NEMMP and FAME India facilitate Niti Aayog. To further expedite the
concerted efforts towards building adoption of EVs, the railway ministry
an EV ecosystem in the country. is looking to set up charging stations
In this light, EESL is creating an at the parking lots of train stations.
eco-system for manufacturers and The Central Electricity Authority
suppliers to invest in e-mobility (CEA) is in the process of coming
in India. We are aggregating up with a separate tariff category
demand through bulk procurement, for electric vehicles with a possible
guaranteed payment to suppliers, ‘Time of Day’ metering for charging
while conducting awareness such vehicles. CEA is also exploring
activities for consumers. In doing the possibility of having a battery
so, we are attempting to address swapping model wherein firms’
some of the challenges that have aggregate batteries, charge them
inhibited growth of this industry, and swap with discharged batteries.
such as low demand, high financial Recently, the Committee on
risk and costs for industries, and Standardization of Protocol for
lack of consumer awareness.
Electric Vehicles (EV) Charging
We expect that these efforts Infrastructure also released
will lead to the development and recommendations entailing
expansion of ancillary industries in specifications for Bharat EV Charger
India, such as suppliers of lithium- AC-001 and Bharat EV Charger
ion battery energy storage and DC-001. Also, the GST rate on
electric traction motors, along batteries for electric cars has been
with developers of charging reduced from 28% to 18%.
infrastructure. We are optimistic
that this programme will become
a great success story for the
Government’s ‘Make in India’
initiative, just like the UJALA, and
Street Light National Programme.”
EESL is aggressively working “To meet the 2030 deadline set by the government,
towards a procurement and there should be a ‘single-minded focus’. The
installation plan. It has installed government must move in the direction of
192 electric vehicle charging points
across the country, including 100 incentivizing for full electric vehicles to make it
chargers with 3.3 kW AC capacity attractive for companies to commit investment and
and 25 fast chargers with 15kW create economies of scale. The government should
DC capacity. Chargers have also
been installed in Andhra Pradesh, draft and translate the goal into a policy to set the tone
Gujarat, Haryana and Maharashtra. for the industry. Electrification is a large investment
EESL is facilitating the installation of
2,500 chargers to cater to 10,000 game. The more we invest in conventional powertrain,
EVs being procured for government. the longer it will take to transition to EV.”
Singh added, “Additionally,
the central and several state
governments have initiated

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