Despite the highest adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the lowest charging tariff in the country, the city’s infrastructure is still not ready for the EV push. Twentythree charging stations installed in November last year are still non-operational.
During the recent launch of EV-Ready India Dashboard (evreadyindia.org) by Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh, the ministry stated that city reported the lowest public charging supply tariff at Rs 3.6/kWh, 73% lower than the national average of Rs 13.74/kWh. As per the dashboard, Chandigarh also reported the highest adoption of EV vehicles in the country in September this year. Of the total sales of new vehicles in the city last month, 14.95 per cent were EVs.
