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will facilitate both private and equipped to handle two and three
public use. They have pioneered EV wheelers too. All the charging
infrastructure in Mumbai, having stations in Delhi also has these
established 12 Electric Vehicle capabilities. In Delhi where the
charging stations with 15 charging adoption rate of three wheelers
points across the city. Furthermore, is very high, they have already
Tata Power Delhi Distribution provided 110 connections for
Limited (Tata Power-DDL) has three-wheeler charging. Some of
installed EV charging centers at the connections can charge up
five locations spread across its area to 100 three wheelers together.
of distribution. Going ahead, Tata Power’s future
Apart from Mumbai and Delhi charging stations will continue
Rahul Shah, Chief - Strategy & mentioned earlier, Tata Power will to be equipped to handle cars,
New Business Services, Tata Power be expanding its charging station two and three wheelers. Besides
said, “It would be safe to presume network in Hyderabad, Bangalore charging, they are also actively
that the initial thrust will need to and Pune as well. Tata Power exploring the option of battery
come from Government policy EV charging network will have swapping for two and three-
and support, coupled with initial both normal and fast chargers. wheeler vehicle categories.
demand from institutional buyers The average time to charge the Shah said, “The success of
and shared-mobility providers. present generation of EVs from electrification of personal mobility
Critical is the need for investment Tata Motors and Mahindra, from largely depends on an extensive
in reliable and well-spread zero to full charge, with a normal availability of charging stations
charging infrastructure in the charger will be around seven hours across the country. This will help
country that will address existing and around 90 minutes with a fast in greater adoption of clean
concerns, around range anxiety charger. However, Shah observes technology like EV where range
and charging speed, which can be that majority vehicles use their anxiety is a major challenge i.e.
expedited through public-private charging station for topping-up customers fear running out of
collaborations. their battery charge in order to power between two charging
Tata Power’s focus is to provide maximize their vehicle utilization. stations and the possibility of
easy access to energy-efficient Time taken to top-up battery being stranded. By categorizing
charging infrastructure and make charge can be significantly shorter EV battery charging as a service,
India EV ready. The plan is to as compared to fully charging the the Government has encouraged
deploy a mix of fast and regular battery and can be controlled by the setup of more infrastructure
chargers at charging stations that the EV owner. stations who will now not need a
license to operate. This will boost
Shah added, “Since the cost of the use of e-vehicles since there
setting up fast chargers is nearly is no transmission, distribution
twice as much as a normal one, the or trading of electricity involved
pricing for customers will also vary for infrastructure setup. Further,
accordingly. Our initial focus will more states are coming up and
be on creating awareness of the launching their state EV policy
service and availability of e-mobility which we welcome. We are also
infrastructure. working with some of these State
The two-wheelers and three- Governments in helping implement
wheelers can be among the first their vision as we believe that
set of vehicle forms which will see the active implementation of
higher adoption of electrification, these policies, especially around
as the common issues of charging developing charging infrastructure
and range availability are easier along with fiscal and non-fiscal
to resolve there. The first public support to users, implementers
charging station Tata Power had and OEMs, is critical to lead the
set up in Vikhroli in Mumbai is adoption of EVs.”

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