Expect ‘Indian Standard’ charging soon – EQ Mag Pro

In years to come, there will be an ‘Indian standard’ for charging stations. This means cities, towns and villages in India will soon be able to benefit from an innovative low-cost electric vehicle (EV) charge point that can accelerate the adoption of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The forthcoming ‘Indian Standard’ will allow a rapid scaling up of EV charging infrastructure that is much needed in the country.

Sources said that the objectives of India’s Transformative Mobility programme for promoting EVs are to reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and to reduce the dependence on import of crude oil.

The several initiatives taken by the NITI-Aayog (Mission for Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage) and the launch of FAME-2 incentives are intended to stimulate the production and demand for EVs in India. Yet,the consumer adoption of EVs will also depend on the easy availability of EV charging infrastructure.

Potential buyers must be confident of finding chargers for their vehicles when they are away from home.

If we compare EVs with Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), the share of ICE two-wheelers and three-wheelers is more than 84 pc of total vehicle sales in our country. Therefore, the fastest adoption of EVs is expected to be in two-wheelers and three-wheelers.

By 2025, forecasts expect up to 4 million of such vehicles could be sold each year, growing to almost 10 million by 2030.

A committee involving all the key stakeholders including EV manufacturers, auto and electronic component suppliers, power utilities, and communication service providers has worked in fast-track mode to develop specifications, prototype products, and undertake testing and validation of the proposed standards.

Source: bangaloremirror