NEW DELHI: In a first, India plans to come up with its own standards for charging stations for its emerging electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem. To start with, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) are working on an indigenous charging standard that will also help reduce the cost of establishing charging stations for EVs in the country.
There are currently three acceptable global standards-Japanese, Chinese and European. A pan-India EV charging grid holds the key to the success story of EV’s in the country as lack of charging stations is proving to be the biggest hurdle to adoption of electric mobility.
Currently, companies who set up charging stations in India need to buy the license from the authorities, either in Japan, China or others, which makes the whole process of establishing the charging station significantly expensive.
