As per Vahan 4 data, as of March 25 this year, a total of 10,76,420 EVs and a total of 1,742 Public Charging Stations (PCS), as per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), are operational. The number of electric vehicles on roads in India has reached over ten lakhs with around 1,700 charging stations operational in public places across the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Lok Sabha in a written reply.

The move is aimed at promoting the use of electric vehicles and also to incentivise EV charging at public stations, authorities said. This initiative of free afternoon charge to EV users is being taken up by an EV charging start-up ElectriVa, which has set up over 40 public charging stations in partnership with the three civic bodies.

In a first, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has set up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at its Mumbai campus to allow employees to charge their EVs free of cost. The company's HR on Wednesday sent mailers to employees informing about the Jio-bp pulse EV charging zone at its Navi Mumbai.

Energy Minister- Nitin Raut on Monday announced setting up of 50 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for Maharashtra. According to a new report published in Times Of India, MSEDCL will set up 50 new EV charging stations, including six in Thane, 10 in Navi Mumbai, 18 in Pune, six in Nagpur and two each in Nashik, Aurangabad, Solapur, Kolhapur and Amravati. The state plans a total 5,000 new EV charging stations across the state, with 1,500 in Mumbai metropolitan region.

EarthtronEV is launching EV charging stations on the Delhi Agra Highway, Delhi Jaipur Highway, Delhi Chandigarh Highway and Delhi Haridwar Highway. Each of these stations will have a capacity of 50 charging points. Charging infrastructure provider, EarthtronEV has announced its plan to set-up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on the Delhi-NCR highways.

The charging stations can be accessed through QR Code, RFID Card and Bluetooth for payment on the Sonae Mobile App. Sonae EV has launched a new charging station in Pune. The new charging station is equipped with a compact, portable and universal 3.3 KW AC charger with a 5 Amp/15 Amp plug that can be installed on a single phase 230 Volt electric supply that can power power any electric two-wheeler, three-wheeler and four-wheeler hassle-free.

Oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has announced an investment of around ₹200 crore this fiscal to set up 100 fast electric vehicles charging corridors along national highways. BPCL made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that these corridors, to be set up along the 100 busiest national highways across India, will have 2,000 EV charging stations.

Under this, the government approved the proposed one-time contribution on the purchase of electric vehicles and an additional budget provision of Rs 40 crore for reimbursement of State Goods and Services Tax (SGST). The state government had announced to reimburse Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 SGST amount for two-wheelers and Rs 10,000 to 20,000 for the purchase of three-wheelers according to the battery capacity of the vehicle.

"Cumulatively, till now we've invested close to Rs 50 crore in this business and going forward we are ready to put in up to Rs 200 crore in less than next 12 months," Mehta told PTI. The fresh investments will go into setting up of charging network for the company's products, which will later be opened up to other brands.

September 2022 is going to bring along several significant announcements in the electric vehicle segment in India. Several carmakers including Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Maruti Suzuki as well as Mahindra have aligned huge announcements to set the tone right ahead of the approaching festive season in India. The month also celebrates World EV Day on September 9th.

This shift towards EVs includes a family of electrified vehicle technologies (xEVs) which consists of SHEV (Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle), FCEV (Fuel cell Electric Vehicle), BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) and PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). In India, it is mainly the battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrids which are being rolled out by the leading automakers.

The charging solutions will be spread across Jaguar’s 27 outlets in 24 cities across the country Jaguar Land Rover has entered into a partnership with Tata Power, which is India’s largest integrated power company, to provide end-to-end EV charging solutions. Tata Power will provide charging solutions to Jaguar Land Rover in India, and it will be spread across its retail network of 27 outlets in 24 cities and at customer’s’ residence and office. Tata Power will provide a range of AC and DC chargers, which will range from 7 kW to 50 kW capacity.