What a mess! Why India's EV charging infra is rotting
Despite over 30 lakh EVs plying on the roads, India hasn't yet decided the charging standards it must follow.
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Why EV Charging Infra Rots
India's EV push faces the grim reality of non-standardised charging stations, poor maintenance, power and payment outages.
Govt extends auto PLI scheme by a year, mulls quarterly incentives
More testing agencies will be added to give faster clearances, says Union Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey.
EV lobby group calls for recovery of excess rebate from customers under FAME-II
In a letter to the ministry of heavy industries, the EV lobby proposes that customers can return the heavy discount offered by some OEMs to the government as part of the penalty amount.
Govt sanctions ₹800 cr for oil PSUs to set up charging stations under FAME II
India's public sector oil companies will set up 7,432 public fast charging stations across the country.
Centre sanctions 2,877 charging stations in 68 cities
As per the Ministry of Power guidelines, there shall be at least one charging station at every 25 kilometres on both sides of the highway.
