India, July 21 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
As per BHEL portal, there are 52,718 public charging stations out of which 16,561 public charging stations are equipped with fast EV chargers for cars.
The Government has taken several steps to address range anxiety for private electric vehicles:
Cars are supported under the PLI scheme for Automobile & Auto Components (PLI-Auto). Under the PLI Auto scheme, financial incentives of 13% to 18% were provided on determined (incremental) sales of AAT vehicles [including electric cars (e-4w)] to champion OEMs.
An allocation of Rs.4,391 crore has been made under PM E-DRIVE for deployment of 14,028 e-buses. A total of 13,800 e-buses have been allocated to 7 cities namely Delhi, Beng...