The government is planning to start electric vehicles on Delhi-Jaipur and Agra-Noida expressway and more such major routes to reduce the carbon footprint and make India, a zero-emission nation.
In a recent meeting of the NHEV Working Group Advisor (Infrastructure, Connectivity Transport, and Electric Mobility), Sudhendu J Sinha, and NITI Aayog, discussions were held on the Battery Swapping policy and swapping stations.
30 E-highway charging stations will be set up on this route with 20 electric two-wheelers and 20 electric three-wheelers will also be provided with swappable battery units on a mobile-based subscription service.
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 added, “These charging stations are commercially and technically competing with petrol pumps now with 72 percent utilization 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.”
