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India to establish sufficient charging infrastructure to boost EV adoption

The PM E-DRIVE initiative, which was launched by the Union Cabinet last week, intends to accelerate EV adoption by providing significant upfront incentives and developing critical charging infrastructure.
PrashantPrashant19-Sep-24 10:34 AM
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India to establish sufficient charging infrastructure to boost EV adoption

India will provide sufficient charging infrastructure to encourage the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), Union Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Wednesday.


The minister stated that the Ministry of Heavy Industries would soon issue e-vouchers for electric vehicle (EV) customers to take advantage of incentives under the recently authorised PM E-DRIVE (PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement) program.


According to a report by ANI, While speaking in the seminar on FAME's Success in Transforming India's EV Landscape organised by FICCI and the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the Minister underlined that the government is raming up the charging infrastructure fastly. 


He stated that the government intends to deploy 10,763 public charging stations nationwide as part of the FAME-II initiative.


The use of e-vouchers marks a significant shift in the government's strategy to encourage EV use.


"This is a unique new feature of this new scheme," Kumaraswamy stated. He continued, "The modalities of this are in an advanced stage and will be shared with you soon," the ANI report further stated. 


The PM E-DRIVE initiative, which was launched by the Union Cabinet last week, intends to accelerate EV adoption by providing significant upfront incentives and developing critical charging infrastructure.


The new PM E-DRIVE scheme includes several novel elements, such as a dedicated fund of 

Rs 500 crore to encourage the adoption of electric trucks, an allocation of Rs 500 crore to deploy e-ambulances, and Rs 2,000 crore to install 22,000 fast chargers for electric four-wheelers, 1,800 for e-buses, and 48,400 for e-two and three-wheelers.


Regarding the performance of FAME II, Kumaraswamy stated that around 92% of the Rs 11,500 crore allotted under the initiative has been used. The project has also made substantial progress in public transport, with 4,853 e-buses delivered out of a total of 6,862 sanctioned for intra-city operations as of July 31, 2024.


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