Electric vehicles (EV) sales have increased rapidly over the years. The country has the highest number of registered EVs in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has about 4.14 lakh registered EVs. After this, the capital Delhi is about 1.83 lakh EVS. Maharashtra ranks third with around 1.79 lakh EVs. The number of people buying electric vehicles in these states has increased due to the FAME scheme of the central government and the EV policy of the states.
Uttar Pradesh has benefited the most from the Central Government FAME (Father Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles). This has also strengthened the state government’s efforts to increase electric mobility. Uttar Pradesh also has its electric vehicle manufacturing and mobility policy. The purpose of this policy is to increase the number of EVS and create a large charging infrastructure. With this policy, the state government aims to get an investment of about Rs 30,000 crore in the sector of electric mobility and about 10 lakh jobs.
Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government had said that it has approved setting up more than 300 new EV charging stations in 16 municipal bodies. Last year, a report said that a capital experience worth about Rs 16,000 crore would be required by 2030 to meet the demand for EVs’ public charging in the country. This information was given in the FICCI EV Public Charging Infrastructure Roadmap 2030 report. More than 700 cities were analyzed in this report. Of these, priority can be given to strengthen the charging infrastructure for the top 20 cities and 20 highways.
Tata Motors, who have a large stake in the EV market, plans to double the number of charging stations for EVs in two years. Recently, the company had said that by 2027, these charging stations will be increased to about four lakhs. For this, a tie-up will be done with charge-win operators and oil marketing companies like Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation. Tata Motors has also launched ‘Tata.EV Mega Charger Network of about 500 fast charging stations rated at 120 kW.
