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Type of compatible Power (kW) Type of vehicle The availability issue can range
Charger Common config) from getting a slot for charging,
problems in connecting the
Type 1, Bharat 3.3 kW 2/3/4-Wheeler charger and initiating the charging
AC-001 process to extreme cases where
the user reaches the charging spot
Bharat DC-001 15 kW 2/3/4-Wheeler only to figure out that guns are not
working or are in a bad condition,
Type 2 22 kW 2/3/4-Wheeler considering the cases of public
vandalism of un-manned charging
stations.
CHAdeMO, CCS-II 30-120 kW 4-Wheeler
Payments for the charging
stations are another challenge
One important factor that is different sets of CPOs increases, where they need to have money
overlooked is the existence of focusing on other parts of the in e-wallets of respective CPOs to
captive uses such as last-mile country rises, discoverability as initiate charging. Payments are
delivery, which makes extensive an issue becomes less critical. a relatively low-hanging fruit for
utilisation of captive charging. The EV consumers can be broadly India, which has robust payment
Additionally, EV fleets have a good divided into commercial fleet infrastructure like UPI. A UPI
adoption rate for 4-wheelers, with users, individuals driving frequently implementation uniformly adopted
captive charging being the most intra-city and individuals with high by major CPOs, where the user
common method. only needs to scan on reaching the
inter-city usage. Then, it is only the charging station and pay, can, to a
Most of the electric 2W in the users with high inter-city usage
personal category are currently who are likely to face the issues large extent, address the payment
charged at home. Additionally, with discoverability the most. part of the network-to-network
over 80% of the charging for The real challenge for the rest of interoperability, in which one of
personal electric four-wheelers the users is the availability and the crucial aspects is allowing
happens at home. Thus, the actual seamless payments across different
demand for public charging cannot reliability of charging points. CPO network for end-customers.
be fully captured from a need for
setting up a number of chargers
per EV from global benchmarks
of countries with advanced EV
adoption. However, setting up
of charging stations at housing
societies in urban areas is going
to pose a challenge to the home
behaviour once numbers increase,
so scaling of public chargers cannot
be decelerated if EV adoption is to
be sustained.
Availability, Payment
and Challenges:

One of the initial set of issues
with users was the discoverability
of charging stations, considering
users have to check for multiple
apps. However, as the number
of charging stations installed by

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