Tata Power, which already has 50 EV charging points in the state, plans to add at least 100 more electric vehicle (EV) chargers in Goa in the coming year. It also aims to install charging stations along all national highways that connect to Goa to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles.

All electric vehicles bought in UP are exempt from paying registration fees, the government said in a notification that puts on track the state’s EV policy announced last October.

The city will get exclusive parking slots that are reserved for electric cars this June. In 12 parking lots on roads like Rabindra Sarani, Chittaranjan Avenue, AJC Bose Road, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, CIT Road (Park Circus), Kyd Street, Rabindra Sarobar and Paharpur Road (Garden Reach), at least 24 slots will be reserved for EVs. There are 154 parking slots in these 12 parking lots.

Large housing complexes that are developed may have to provide charging infrastructure in half the parking lots. KMC has drafted an amendment in its building rules to make it mandatory for developers to factor in growth of e-vehicles in the city and accordingly provide charging points at 50% of the parking lots in the complex.

There are 69 charging stations for electric vehicles in 54 locations of Noida, but most of them are gathering dust— neither used by commuters nor maintained for long.

The median tenure of middle- to senior-level talent in the EV industry stands at 1.8 years, compared with 4.1 years in the FMCG industry, 3.6 years in MSME manufacturing, five years in EPC and 1.9 years in startups, according to data put together for ET by staffing company Ciel HR Services, based on LinkedIn data from 271,778 employees across 268 companies in these sectors.

Hero MotoCorp's EV subsidiary Vida, which launched its first electric scooter V1 last year, has now begun setting up its own EV fast-charging network starting with the cities where it retails the V1 electric scooter. The company has set up about 300 charging stations across 50 'key locations' in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Jaipur. These fast chargers can be located through the My Vida app, along with the availability, reservation, and payment through the same app.

In a bid to ensure emission-free travel to protect the environment, the Uttarakhand transport department has chalked out a plan for setting up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations every 26 km on the Char Dham yatra routes.

A study by Climate Trends has found that Delhi is among the top nine states and Union territories when it comes to having an enabling environment for electric vehicles (EVs), which means providing incentives in the market for their promotion

Despite the growing number of public charging stations, the only surefire way to ensure your electric vehicle is always charged is to have an EV charger installed in your garage. Having a place to park your EV after charging improves the convenience of owning an EV, though public charging stations, both free and paid, can be useful while out and about or on the road.

Maharashtra, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have the most comprehensive electric vehicle policies with the widest range of parameters, including budget allocations, charging infrastructure and job creation, according to a new study. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Kerala, and Uttarakhand offer between three to seven of the 21 defined parameters in their policies, making them the least comprehensive, it said.

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) start-up VoltUp is collaborating with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to set up 650 swapping stations with over 7,800 charging docks across 50 cities in the next three years. The company launched three battery swapping stations in BPCL retail outlets in Mumbai today and by next year, it promises to install 150 swapping stations across the country in association with BPCL.

Bengal EV Policy, despite being ahead in 10 out of 21 parameters, is being pulled down by the other 11 categories, in which it has a long way to go.

Fyn Mobility today announced a partnership with Exponent Energy, an energy startup to deploy 1500 electric threewheelers across the country. The new fleet of Altigreen’s neEV Tez along with exponent’s e pump network will make Fyn - the world’s first company to operate a fleet of 15- minute full charge EVs, says the official statement.

The Ather Grid (charging station) is today the biggest fast-charging network for two-wheeler EVs in the country with 60 per cent of current installations in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, the Bengaluru-based company said in a statement.

GMDA is planning to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along main sector roads in partnership with a major automobile maker. In the first phase, around five charging stations will be developed near bus queue shelters, where citizens will be able to charge their EVs at a nominal cost. The locations are yet to be decided.

The new policy was released by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday. According to the policy, the government will promote Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Salem, and Tirunelveli as pilot cities for implementing e-mobility solutions.

Addressing the crowd during the session on e-mobility, vehicles and future mobility chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that all the participants who have gathered for investors summit have experienced the benefits of better road infrastructure.

The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is working on plans to set up and operate 10 electric vehicle charging stations across New Town on its own which will offer per charging units at an affordable rate comparatively less than the privately operated EV charging stations.

As more drivers and auto companies move toward electric vehicles (EVs), Google is introducing new Maps features for EV drivers with vehicles that have Google built-in.