“As per inputs received from ministry of power, preliminary studies carried out for nine cities having 4 million plus population, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata indicate a requirement of 18,000 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations by the year 2030,” Pandey stated.
According to a statewise breakup, as of July, Maharashtra had the best variety of EV charging stations adopted by Delhi after which Karnataka. Maharashtra had a reported complete of two,492 public charging stations, 3,793 EV chargers and 4,211 charging factors.
Delhi accounted for 1,627 public charging stations, 2,917 EV chargers and three,247 charging factors. The third highest, Karnataka, had 753 public charging stations, 1,419 EV chargers and 1,680 charging factors.
ET had reported in May that the worth of the EV charging station market was anticipated to develop into greater than $100 million by 2023. Additionally, it was additionally reported that each China and India had the best share of this market within the Asia Pacific area.
“As per the ministry of power, there are no targets fixed for installation of Public EV chargers in the country,” Pandey added. He additionally stated that 22,000 charging stations have been being deployed by the petroleum ministry, which have been set to be put in by December 2024. Of these 7,432 fell beneath the heavy industries ministry’s FAME-II (sooner adoption and manufacturing of electrical and hybrid automobiles) subsidy scheme. ET had reported in March that the central authorities was giving oil corporations a subsidy of Rs 800 crore to arrange these charging stations.
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The minister added that the ratio of EVs to chargers stood at 182, in keeping with the Road Transport Ministry’s Vahan portal. Data from the portal for July confirmed that there have been a complete of 28,17,554 EVs and 15,493 charging stations operational within the nation.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com