Delhi: Commercial buildings to set aside space for EV vehicles, charge points

Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain Friday announced that all commercial and institutional buildings with a parking capacity of more than 100 vehicles — like malls, shopping complexes and hotels, among others — will be directed to set aside 5 per cent of the total vehicle capacity for electric vehicles and install suitable EV charging points with a minimum output of 3.3 KW on the premises.

Jain said this is being done “so that people get adequate infrastructure to charge their vehicles. In the first phase, we aim to install 500 charging points at 100 locations”. The transition is expected to be done by December.

In all new constructions, 20 per cent of the parking capacity “should have provisions for charging infrastructure for electric vehicles,” read a Delhi government statement.