Electric vehicle owners in Delhi will get charging facilities free of cost from June 1, 2022. It can be availed for three hours between 12-3 PM. This initiative has been started by a EV charging startup called ElectriVa which has setup more than 40 public charging stations in collaboration with the three civic bodies in the national capital. The general rates for charging electric vehicles during the morning and evening time is around Rs 10 for per unit consumed. The EV sales in Delhi has witnessed immense surge in Q1 2022.
The free charging will be initially provided at 35 stations which are operational along the ring road at South Extension, Bikaji Cama Place, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Netaji Subhash Place, South Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Hauz Khas, Green Park, Greater Kailash, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Saket, Shalimar Bagh, Preet Vihar among others. “We will provide charging to all commercial and non commercial EV users for free between 12 noon and 3 pm. By providing free charging during afternoon hours, we want to bolster the EV ecosystem in the national capital. Presently it is important to incentivise public charging to make people switch from fossil fuel to electric vehicles,” Sumit Dhanuka, Founder, ElectriVa told PTI.
ElectriVa has announced plans to establish a charging station every three kilometres in Delhi and the land has already been allocated by the three civic bodies. Moreover, battery swapping service will also be available at these stations shortly. As per the data provided by Delhi Government, nearly 10 percent of the total vehicles purchased in the national capital between January and March were electric vehicles. As many as 10,707 electric vehicles were sold during this period, out of which 5,888 were e-two wheelers. "Public charging will change the charging pattern of EV users if properly incentivised. It should be prioritised and this narrative has to change with speed in public charging infrastructure work," added Dhanuka.
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