In a bid to promote cleaner vehicles in one of the world’s most polluted countries, the government has come up with revised guidelines for setting up charging stations across the nation, which will aid in increasing availability of charging-related infrastructure in the next decade. Under the revised guideline, the government will install one electric vehicle charging station after every four km in cities and 25 km on both ways of highways connecting to these cities.
“We have tried to address the concerns of electric vehicle (EV) owners in new guidelines,” said Union Minister of Power R K Singh, expressing hope that the new guidelines will encourage faster adoption of EVs in the country.
