Govt issues guidelines to set up EV charging stations; fuelling points every 25 km

• The government has issued a set of guidelines to set up charging stations for electric vehicles across the country. The main points are:
  • Public charging station should be on both sides of the highways or roads on every 25 km.
  • For long range and heavy-duty electric vehicles, there should be at least one station on each side of the highway every 100 kilometers.
• The government expects 25 per cent of the total vehicles on roads will be electric vehicles by 2030.