India’s Electric Vehicle transition needs to be accompanied by a fillip in charging infrastructure. Explain (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· India’s effort to populate the road space with as many electric vehicles as possible according to NITI Aayog, EVs should account for sales of 80 per cent of two and three wheelers, 50 per cent of four wheelers and 40 per cent of buses by 2030 must be accompanied by a rapid improvement in charging infrastructure.
· They have been aided by a demand side push through FAME, and a production linked incentive for making the EVs and their batteries the total PLI outlay amounting to nearly Rs45,000 crore. It is no one’s case that charging requires a similar public outlay.
· Under these guidelines, residential complexes and offices can be used to charge vehicles. It is necessary for the housing and urban development agencies to frame norms accordingly.
· Once a charging station is sanctioned, it needs to be given an electricity connection within a week in a metro and 15 days in other cities.
· The norms allow for purchase by open access with a cap on the rates, as well as defined land rentals in revenue terms (Rs1 per kwH). However, States mandate that only a 1 MW facility and above qualifies for open access.
· Given the advances in battery technology and the development of renewables, both the quality and quantity of power needed for EVs will not prove to be an issue, going forward.
KAUSHIK SRINIVASH R 3 years
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