HYDERABAD: In sync with the electric car (EV) push of the Union government, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) at the side of its companions introduced that it'll be putting in EV charging infrastructure at Metro stations within the town. The tripartite agreement to carry out the task was once inked between infra massive Larsen & Toubro (L&T), HMRL and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) on Saturday.
HMRL managing director NVS Reddy said the first EV charging infrastructure might be up and running at Miyapur Metro station within the subsequent 15 days, following which the other 23 stations might be covered phase-wise. To get started with, Miyapur Metro station will have 3 charging gadgets set up via PGCIL within the parking space.
Reddy claimed that HMRL has parking facilities in all the 24 Metro stations and greater than half of the overall parking space is mendacity vacant. “It will take about 45 mins to rate an EV car. Once we've got the ability, we hope extra other people might be encouraged to switch over to EVs. As call for alternatives up, we will be able to scale up the charging infrastructure,” he said, adding that in the next few months it'll also offer battery swapping facilities.
While the precise price of the usage of this facility has no longer but been worked out, Reddy said other people might be spending a “fraction” of what they shell out on diesel or petrol. A senior PGCIL official pointed out that it is the first time an EV charging infrastructure is being publish at a Metro station and if the company receives encouraging response from Hyderabad, it'll replicate it in different towns having Metro connectivity. “We are speaking to Chennai as well as Delhi Metro,” a PGCIL official said.
Telangana IT and industries division foremost secretary Jayesh Ranjan said the state government might be unveiling its EV coverage on June 29. The coverage might be in accordance with the framework of — the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles in India - FAME India — equipped via the Union government.
In April this yr, the Union government had prolonged the FAME India Scheme for an extra six months as it is but to finalise and allocate resources to put in force the part two of the scheme.
Under this scheme, about 99000 hybrid/electric cars had been given direct reinforce by way of call for incentives since the release on April 1, 2015. The government has also authorized pilot tasks, charging infrastructure tasks and technological development tasks aggregating to just about Rs 155 crore.
HMRL managing director NVS Reddy said the first EV charging infrastructure might be up and running at Miyapur Metro station within the subsequent 15 days, following which the other 23 stations might be covered phase-wise. To get started with, Miyapur Metro station will have 3 charging gadgets set up via PGCIL within the parking space.
Reddy claimed that HMRL has parking facilities in all the 24 Metro stations and greater than half of the overall parking space is mendacity vacant. “It will take about 45 mins to rate an EV car. Once we've got the ability, we hope extra other people might be encouraged to switch over to EVs. As call for alternatives up, we will be able to scale up the charging infrastructure,” he said, adding that in the next few months it'll also offer battery swapping facilities.
While the precise price of the usage of this facility has no longer but been worked out, Reddy said other people might be spending a “fraction” of what they shell out on diesel or petrol. A senior PGCIL official pointed out that it is the first time an EV charging infrastructure is being publish at a Metro station and if the company receives encouraging response from Hyderabad, it'll replicate it in different towns having Metro connectivity. “We are speaking to Chennai as well as Delhi Metro,” a PGCIL official said.
Telangana IT and industries division foremost secretary Jayesh Ranjan said the state government might be unveiling its EV coverage on June 29. The coverage might be in accordance with the framework of — the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles in India - FAME India — equipped via the Union government.
In April this yr, the Union government had prolonged the FAME India Scheme for an extra six months as it is but to finalise and allocate resources to put in force the part two of the scheme.
Under this scheme, about 99000 hybrid/electric cars had been given direct reinforce by way of call for incentives since the release on April 1, 2015. The government has also authorized pilot tasks, charging infrastructure tasks and technological development tasks aggregating to just about Rs 155 crore.
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