CHANDIGARH: The department of science and technology of the UT administration has received four bids to install 44 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the first phase. One of the bids has been rejected during technical evaluation. The department will open the bids and allot the work to the suitable company out of the three.
The UT plans to install 100 EV charging stations in two years. The 44 EV stations are mostly coming up in paid parking lots, with sites already identified. These 44 stations will have 328 charging points. “Each EV charging station will have multiple ports, so that one EV charging station can facilitate many vehicles simultaneously. The charging stations have been designed with many ports, so that it won’t create hurdles for other vehicles during charging,” sources said. The UT had recently set a provisional budget of Rs 5 crore for the department of science and technology to disburse incentives to EV buyers. The amount or percentage of incentives against the purchase of EVs has been declared by the administration in its draft policy and will be available for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers.
The UT had approved the draft policy for five years a few months back. Financial benefits will range from Rs 3,000 to Rs 2 lakh.
The report was released by Climate Trends and JMK Research and showed that under the current wave of electric mobility policies, the country may only be able to reach 5 crore EV sales by 2030. “India had set a target of EV sales penetration of 30% of private cars, 70% of commercial cars, 40% of buses and 80% of two and three-wheelers by 2030. In absolute numbers, this amounts to having 8 crore electric vehicles on the road by 2030,” the report stated.