Guwahati News Desk: The oil companies of India plan to set up a total of 22,000 EV charging stations on a mission mode in several prominent cities and national highways across the country.
The decision is in line with PM Narendra Modi’s #Panchamrit announcement in Glasgow to reduce carbon intensity of the economy by 45 percent by 2030.
The information about the decision was shared by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India, Hardeep Singh Puri, through a Twitter post on his official account on Tuesday.
Among the oil companies, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. aims to set up 10,000 stations. It has already installed 439 EV charging stations and plans to install 2000 charging stations in its retail outlet network over the next year.
In addition, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited plans to set up another 1000 EV Charging Stations within the next one year and 7000 overall. It has already set up 52 stations.
Moreover, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has already installed 382 EV stations so far, and will set up 1000 stations in the next year and 5000 overall.
Furthermore, with this much needed development, the cities, towns and villages of India will soon be able to benefit from an innovative low-cost Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point that possesses the ability to accelerate the adoption of Electric 2-wheelers and 3-wheelers.