Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport & Highway, has revealed the miniature model of the EV charging station conceptualised by National Highways for EV (NHEV). This comes as a successor to the initiative of EODB (Ease of doing Business), which strives to upgrade 5,000 km National Highways to E-highways through its pilot project called the National Highway for EV (NHEV).
“Since last 3-4 years I have been talking about electric vehicles and have been answering many questions like what would happen if we break down with an electric vehicle? However, it didn’t happen and with a gradual increase in confidence in technology, questions got answered themselves. Now there are waiting lists for electric cars and scooters and I can say that electricity is the fuel of the future,' the Minister said.
The pilot has already covered the 10% stretch between Agra - Delhi - Jaipur in two phases, out of its total 5,000 km highways that India aims to upgrade as E-highways in the next two years.
Abhijeet Sinha, National Program Director, Ease of Doing Business, noted, 'NHEV team is slating its plan to install prefabricated modules of these station’s electrical and structural infra, soon after commissioning its pilot phase. So that new stations in the expansion phase can be speedily installed within 90 days from their allocations.”
The miniature revealed today has already been prototyped in Sector 86 & 52 of Gurugram in Haryana from the safety and standards perspective of operational and commercial challenges envisaged by the NHEV team earlier this year in March.
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