Charging ahead: EVs zoom in India with more public charging stations
From 2017 to 2024, India has witnessed a steady rise in the number of publicly available EV charging points, both slow and fast, as highlighted in the International Energy Agency's Global EV Outlook 2024 report. In 2017, the country had only 220 slow chargers. By 2024, this number surged to 47,000. Slow chargers usually take 6–8 hours to charge cars and are mostly used at homes or workplaces. Fast charging points, on the other hand, grew in number from just 25 in 2018 to 28,000 in 2024. Projections indicate that by 2030, India will have over two lakh publicly available slow chargers and nearly 1.6 lakh fast chargers.advertisementThe availability of public EV charging stations varies widely across states. Delhi has 8.8 charging stations per lakh people, Karnataka has 8.4, and Goa has 8.6. However, Maharashtra only has 2.9 charging stations per lakh people, Rajasthan 1.4, and Gujarat 1.4.States like Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal also have inadequate charging facilities relative to their population size. On average, there are only 1.8 public EV charging stations per lakh people across the country.Greener IndiaIndia's EV shift is already delivering environmental dividends. As per PM E-DRIVE data, current EV usage in India saves approximately 15.5 lakh litres of fuel daily, while reducing daily carbon dioxide emissions by over 22.6 lakh kilograms.Must Watch
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