E-vehicles to ply soon on Noida-Agra, Delhi-Jaipur Expressways; charging stations to be installed
India Today
The electronic vehicles will soon ply on the Noida-Agra, Delhi-Jaipur Expressways and officials are planning to build around 30 NHEV charging stations along the route. It can be used with a mobile app such as Yulu.
Committing to the goal of making India a zero-emission country by reducing its carbon footprint, electric vehicles will soon begin regular operations on major routes such as Delhi-Jaipur and Agra-Noida expressway.
To facilitate the introduction of e-vehicles on the proposed routes and ensure an efficient and swift transport system, a recently concluded meeting of the National Highway for EV (NHEV) Working Group Advisor (Infrastructure, Connectivity Transport and Electric Mobility), Sudhendu J Sinha and NITI Aayog discussed the ‘Battery Swapping’ policy as a means to improve the 'Ease of Doing Business.
The meeting discussed battery standardisation and proposed a prototype for battery charging and swapping stations. The proposed model which will be implemented for 30 NHEV charging stations on Jaipur-Delhi and Noida-Agra e-highways will also have 20 two-wheelers and 20 three-wheeler EVs with swappable battery units, open for use with a mobile-based subscription service. This facility of battery swapping will ensure that the vehicles carrying passengers can travel for extended lengths without being overly reliant on their vicinity to charging points.
Abhijeet Sinha, Project Director of National Highway for Electric Vehicles said, “This is our 2nd prototype station constructed in record 30-day time for Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway, 2 more stations of same size and scale will be installed in Noida within 60 days for Delhi-Agra E-Highway which will conclude the prototype modelling of E-hubs. 30 more E-Highway charging stations will be constructed within a record time of 90 days from their date of allocations to PSUs/Private entities.”
He further added "These charging stations are commercially and technically competing with petrol pumps now with 72 per cent utilisation and 36-month breakeven with increased capacity to charge 1000 cars at this station and 576 cars at Sect 52 station. These simple prototypes have proved that e-highway stations of NHEV will be world-class and draw a strong commercial roadmap of E-mobility on Indian highways.”
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