The BMC on Thursday held its first meeting with various stakeholders on the electric vehicle (EV) charging policy.
BMC officials said while e-vehicles were getting a good response in Mumbai, there was a need for a separate policy for charging their batteries. The city has more than 8,000 e-vehicles. Sunil Godse, deputy municipal commissioner in charge of environment, said discussions are at a nascent stage.
Meanwhile, on Friday, a webinar was conducted by Clean Mobility Shift and Climate Trends which explored possible reasons behind a few EV two-wheelers catching fire lately across the country, gaps in protocols, and how to ensure safety standards for batteries.
Prof Sagar Mitra of IIT Bombay pointed to the need for batteries to have the highest stability standards. Shreshth Mishra, co-founder, Simple Energy, said, “We are a diverse country in terms of temperature, geography, road conditions and riding standards. In so many instances, our twowheelers are overloaded beyond capacity with 3 to 4 riders. This isn’t accounted for in testing. ”
