Electric cars plugged in at a EV charging station. Karnataka has undeniably emerged as the leading state in the country for having the most ...
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Karnataka has undeniably emerged as the leading state in the country for having the most numbers of state-of-the-art EV charging infrastructure, boasting 5,059 charging stations, as of 15 February 2024. Maharashtra stands at 3079, while Delhi has 1886 to be the nearest contenders, which enables a faster adoption of electric mobility in the country.
BESCOM, the state owned electricity company states that it costs anywhere between 35-40 lakh to setup an EV charging station in the city of Bengaluru. It recently awarded a tender for 225 such charging stations to Reliance BP Mobility Limited to further boost the city's infrastructure in a PPP (Public Private Partnership) model. 150 charging stations will be installed in the city, while the remaining 75 will be on the rural belt
This is part of BESCOM’s larger plans to bring more public charging infrastructure for EV users.
As many as 1,190 stations
As per the plan, BESCOM has proposed 1,190 EV charging stations across the state under the PPP model with 1,190 AC chargers and as many DC chargers.
“We had awarded the tender for setting up the charging infrastructure to Reliance BP Mobility Limited in October. They have agreed to set up 150 charging stations in Bengaluru city and 75 in Bengaluru rural. Currently, a survey is ongoing to identify the land for setting up the infrastructure. Once the survey is completed, they will sign a 10-year lease the survey is completed, they will sign a 10-year lease contract with the land owing agency. Reliance will call the bid for Rs 2.19 per unit,” said a senior BESCOM official.
Each charging station will have 10 KW AC 001 chargers, 7.5 KW type 2 chargers and 60 KW CCS2 chargers. The CCS2 DC chargers can enable the charging of two vehicles at the same time. The 10 KW AC 001 charger or 7.5 KW type 2 charger may be used depending on the site requirements. While BESCOM is charging Rs 7.38 per unit from the user, Reliance charges the user Rs 15.99 per unit.
Most of these charging stations would come in government properties. As per central government guidelines, nodal agencies were instructed to pay at least Re 1 per unit and BESCOM awarded the tender to bids higher than the rate of Rs 1 per unit.
“They are charging a rate of Rs 15.99 per unit in other places. The actual rate might vary. Compared to BESCOM, they need to be profitable and hence would charge a higher tariff. They also need to make a lot of investments for setting up these stations,” he added.
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