<p class="title">To promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs), the government is planning to set up charging stations every 3 km in major cities and every 50 km on national highways.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road transport ministry in consultation with the union ministry of power is preparing the e-vehicle policy, in which major concern on charging station issue will be addressed, said a road transport ministry official.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the plan, in the next 3 to 4 years, the government proposes to set up 30,000 slow charging stations and 20,000 fast charging stations across the country, an official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Mobility Summit recently at the national capital, auto makers urged the government to address the charging-stations' issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some of the major public sector under takings like NTPC, Power Grid Corporation and big automobile companies also expressed their keen to set up charging infrastructure said the official.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the road transport ministry plan, in the next five years, electric vehicles should take at least 15% of total automobile share in the county.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The demand for electric vehicles is huge in India. Our expectation is to take the number of electric vehicles to 15% of the total vehicles in India in the next five years," Road Transport, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said surging demand for such vehicles will automatically see a reduction in prices while government was committed to creating a complementing infrastructure for these.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), vehicle sales across categories had registered a 14.22% growth at 24.97 million units in 2017-18 as against 21.86 million units in the previous fiscal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari also recently said the government had decided to exempt EVs and automobiles run on alternative fuel from permit requirements in a bid to boost such vehicles in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His statement came amid government's efforts to promote eco-friendly vehicles through Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) India scheme, which was launched in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To promote EVs, Gadkari's ministry has done away with the requirement of local testing for initially bringing EVs into India for sale.</p>
<p class="title">To promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs), the government is planning to set up charging stations every 3 km in major cities and every 50 km on national highways.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road transport ministry in consultation with the union ministry of power is preparing the e-vehicle policy, in which major concern on charging station issue will be addressed, said a road transport ministry official.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the plan, in the next 3 to 4 years, the government proposes to set up 30,000 slow charging stations and 20,000 fast charging stations across the country, an official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Mobility Summit recently at the national capital, auto makers urged the government to address the charging-stations' issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some of the major public sector under takings like NTPC, Power Grid Corporation and big automobile companies also expressed their keen to set up charging infrastructure said the official.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the road transport ministry plan, in the next five years, electric vehicles should take at least 15% of total automobile share in the county.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The demand for electric vehicles is huge in India. Our expectation is to take the number of electric vehicles to 15% of the total vehicles in India in the next five years," Road Transport, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said surging demand for such vehicles will automatically see a reduction in prices while government was committed to creating a complementing infrastructure for these.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), vehicle sales across categories had registered a 14.22% growth at 24.97 million units in 2017-18 as against 21.86 million units in the previous fiscal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari also recently said the government had decided to exempt EVs and automobiles run on alternative fuel from permit requirements in a bid to boost such vehicles in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His statement came amid government's efforts to promote eco-friendly vehicles through Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) India scheme, which was launched in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To promote EVs, Gadkari's ministry has done away with the requirement of local testing for initially bringing EVs into India for sale.</p>
