India moves to bridge charging gap as electric car sales cross 100,000-mark

In 2015, electric car sales in China, cumulative, crossed 100,000. At that time, the country had one public charger for every four electric cars. As India crosses the milestone of cumulative 100,000 electric cars sold this year, the country has one public charger for every 13 electric cars.

Europe has a public charger for every three electric cars and the United States for every six, shows International Energy Agency data.

Talking absolute numbers, according to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India’s central nodal agency for public charging infrastructure, the country has 8,738 operational public charging stations as of July 2023. In 2015, China had 59,000.