Government says 18,000 public EV charging stations needed in top nine cities
“As per inputs received from ministry of power, preliminary studies carried out for nine cities having 4 million plus population, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata indicate a requirement of 18,000 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations by the year 2030,” Pandey said. According to a statewise breakup, as of July, Maharashtra had the highest number of EV charging stations followed by Delhi and then Karnataka.
Maharashtra had a reported total of 2,492 public charging stations, 3,793 EV chargers and 4,211 charging points. Delhi accounted for 1,627 public charging stations, 2,917 EV chargers and 3,247 charging points. The third highest, Karnataka, had 753 public charging stations, 1,419 EV chargers and 1,680 charging points.ET had reported in May that the value of the EV charging station market was anticipated to become more than $100 million by 2023.
Additionally, it was also reported that both China and India had the highest share of this market in the Asia Pacific region. “As per the ministry of power, there are no targets fixed for installation of Public EV chargers in the country,” Pandey added. He also said that 22,000 charging stations were being deployed by the petroleum ministry, which were set to be installed by December 2024.
Of these 7,432 fell under the heavy industries ministry’s FAME-II (faster adoption and manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicles) subsidy scheme.ET had reported in March that the central government was giving oil companies a subsidy of Rs 800 crore to set up these charging stations. The minister added that the ratio of EVs to chargers stood at 182, according to the Road Transport Ministry’s Vahan portal. Data from the portal for July
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