
Battery swapping facility to come up at Valakam
The Hindu
Kollam to get a new charging station for electric vehicles
A new charging station for electric vehicles and the first battery swapping facility will be set up in the district, Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal has said. He was visiting the proposed project area in Valakam here on Thursday.
“The aim of the government is to ensure support to electric vehicles. There should be as many centres as possible for charging vehicles. The concept of battery swapping is the need of the hour and the facility should be extended to save time,” he said.

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