EV-charging stations: India to use three technologies

India will deploy both CHAdeMO and Combined Charging System (CCS) fast-charging technologies, besides the existing Bharat Standard, at its public electric vehicle charging stations.

According to sources in the Power Ministry, now the push will be to have Bharat Standard, CHAdeMO and CCS charging points at all public stations.

Earlier, there were indications that the Power Ministry wanted to have just one of the two fast-charging technologies for each public EV charging station to cut costs (from ₹25 lakh for all three to ₹10-12 lakh for Bharat Standard and any one of the two).

But for India, the shift to EV is quicker in two- and three-wheelers where fast-charging technology does not make economic sense right now. “Fast chargers for two- and three-wheelers are too expensive and the vehicles currently plying in India do not conform to them.