- India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station was commissioned in Gurugram’s Sector 52 on January 28, 2022.
- It has 100 charging points for four-wheelers. Before this, India’s largest EV charging station was in Navi Mumbai, with 16 AC and 4 DC charging ports for such vehicles.
- The electric vehicle charging station in Gurugram (Haryana), with 72 AC slow-chargers and 24 DC fast-chargers, has been installed and is operated by a partner company of National Highways for Electric Vehicle (NHEV), as part of a pilot project to install charging stations on the Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra highways, and turn them into e-highways.
- The pilot project is aimed at demonstrating the competitive advantage of owning a charging station business over petrol pumps, in terms of ease in getting the necessary licensing, designing, commissioning, installation, electrification and safety certifications.
- The station has 96 operational charging ports for electric vehicles and can serve up to 576 electric vehicles round-the-clock. The remaining four charging points will also become operational soon.
