NEW DELHI: Transport minister Kailash Gahlot laid the foundation for the city’s first public electric vehicle (EV) charging plaza at Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC) Nehru Place bus terminal. The EV charging plaza will be completed within a month.
“We are moving closer to our agenda of developing innovative charging infrastructure and EV ecosystem in the national capital and we are happy to be collaborating with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), who comes with an expertise in EVs and charging infrastructure in the country,” Gahlot said.
“We are also in the process of deliberation on adding 20 more sites of the transport department in the next phase of installation apart from the 100 public charging stations which will be installed through the open tender. This will significantly ease the transition towards e-mobility for public transport and subsequently for the residents of Delhi,” he said, adding that since the launch of Delhi’s EV policy last year, there has been a significant rise in the number of these vehicles, with more than 17,000 EVs registered.
CESL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited, ministry of power, will develop public EV charging and battery swapping stations at seven DTC terminals and depots in Delhi, in collaboration with the corporation.
Each of the seven locations will have a total of six charging points, three of which will be for two and three-wheelers and three points which can charge four-wheelers.
“We are moving closer to our agenda of developing innovative charging infrastructure and EV ecosystem in the national capital and we are happy to be collaborating with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), who comes with an expertise in EVs and charging infrastructure in the country,” Gahlot said.
“We are also in the process of deliberation on adding 20 more sites of the transport department in the next phase of installation apart from the 100 public charging stations which will be installed through the open tender. This will significantly ease the transition towards e-mobility for public transport and subsequently for the residents of Delhi,” he said, adding that since the launch of Delhi’s EV policy last year, there has been a significant rise in the number of these vehicles, with more than 17,000 EVs registered.
CESL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited, ministry of power, will develop public EV charging and battery swapping stations at seven DTC terminals and depots in Delhi, in collaboration with the corporation.
Each of the seven locations will have a total of six charging points, three of which will be for two and three-wheelers and three points which can charge four-wheelers.