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Renewable energy solutions economic and environmental vision is to make it India’s first
provider Magenta Power installed sense, but the solution to the EV Highway. In the next leg, the
India’s first solar-powered DC issue of ‘Range Anxiety’ must be company is looking at extending
fast charging station for electric addressed for the adoption of the network to Bangalore. It is
vehicles (EVs) in Turbhe, Mumbai. electrical vehicles to take off in already in discussion with the
The newly installed ‘Magenta India.” authorities in Bangalore to setup
Charging Station-3’ will enable The electrical vehicles on Indian charging network in the city and
electric car (four-wheeler) users roads have a limited range per on the Bangalore-Mysore highway.
to charge their vehicle safely and charge and that puts the drivers Magenta will be submitting the
conveniently. As the grid-connected of such vehicles at risk of being proposals to states like Telangana
charging station is powered by stranded. This limits the range of and Andhra Pradesh that are
solar energy, it is totally free of usage to within city limits which aggressively working on this
fossil fuel and claims zero carbon is one of the biggest challenges initiative.
emissions. Magenta plans to set up with EV adoption. The solution Lewis added, “We have studied
100 of such EV charging stations at is rather simple – charging the charging psyche of EV owners
various locations in Mumbai by the stations at regular intervals at and we believe the charging stations
end of 2018. key locations and roads. As Lewis has to have DC fast charging and
Maxson Lewis, CEO, Magenta believes, while we are not yet AC slow charging setup with all the
Power, said “E-Mobility is the there, there is a lot of discussion possible combination of plug types
Future! It is no longer a question happening and interest in the to cater to existing and upcoming
of will it; it is a question of how community around this. Magenta car models on Indian roads”. Time
quickly we can get there. The Power has had discussions with to charge an electric car available
on India roads can take as little as
various government agencies
switch to e-Mobility in India will be in Maharashtra, Karnataka, 45 minutes or up to eight hours.
exactly like the mobile revolution in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and The time to charge is a function of
the 90’s -the change will be swift. the respective state governments the size and absorption capacity of
Electric vehicle makes immense
are moving ahead on this. There the battery and the speed of the
are policy documents in place charging point.
and soon action will start on the To put this in perspective, let’s
ground. While some may say it is take the full capacity charging of
a slow start, well at least there is Mahindra E2O as a comparative
a start. case. A 230V/15A single phase
Magenta is currently setting up plug which can deliver a maximum
their charging station network on of up to about 2.5KW of power
the Mumbai – Pune Expressway. using the regular charger provided
This will open up the highway by the car manufacturer which
for E-vehicle owners travelling requires 8 hours of overnight
between Mumbai and Pune. The charging.

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