Under the flagship initiative of the Delhi government, 100 EV charging stations will be established across the national capital by the end of July. Power minister Atishi said: “These charging stations will come up at metro stations, bus depots and other strategic places across Delhi.” She said that there would be EV charging infrastructure “in almost every part of the city, where the cost of charging per unit will be the lowest not only in the country but also the world. People will have to spend less than Rs 3 per unit for charging.”
Officials have been directed to address issues occurring during installation of charging stations and ensure that 50 of them are ready by the end of April and 100 by the end of July. Electric vehicle sales continue to rise in Delhi with EVs contributing close to 15% of the overall vehicles sold in March, according to the transport department.
Out of 7,926 EVs sold in March, four-wheelers contributed to 20% of the sale and three-wheelers 12%. “Now that the demand for electric vehicles is increasing so rapidly among people in Delhi, we are building 100 EV charging stations in the capital to ensure that people have enough stations available around them and do not face problems,” Atishi said. These charging stations, being set up by the Delhi government, are based on a public private partnership (PPP) model.
The government had, while presenting its EV report for 2022, had said that over 2,300 charging points and 200-plus battery swapping stations were running across the city. It had also said that Delhi had registered 93,239 EVs till December 31, 2022. Out of these, 5,189 got registered in 2020 (August 7, 2020, to December 31, 2020), 25,809 electric vehicles got registered in 2021 while 62,241 EVs got registered in 2022.
