To get a first-hand view of the current state of public EV charging stations, we conducted a sample study in Delhi, the city with the highest number of EV chargers in India. [...] 8A joint venture of power sector public enterprises under the Ministry of Power, Government of India Upgrading India’s Public EV Charging Experience ieefa.org | 3 In the annexure, we provide pictures of some of the chargers we sampled. [...] Further, low utilisation of EV chargers (across charging standards) has been a persistent problem since the introduction of EVs and could continue for 3-5 years until an adequate number of EVs ply on the roads.9 The obsolescence of Bharat-001 and CHAdeMO charging standards and the low utilisation of public charging stations are leading to the poor maintenance of charging stations across Delhi and. [...] The central government, through EESL, has already initiated the process of improving reliability and upgrading chargers by issuing a tender for the selection of a managed service partner for the operations, management, maintenance and security of CESL/EESL public EV charging stations across Delhi in March 2024. [...] There is a requirement for a recalibration to ensure uptime of charging stations along the lines of the rules specified under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program of the United States.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction 1
- Background 1
- August 2024 1
- Charith Konda Energy Specialist India Mobility and New Energy Subham Shrivastava Climate Finance Analyst 1
- Methodology of the Study 2
- South Delhi Central Delhi West Delhi East Delhi 2
- Findings 3
- Table 1 Status of Public EV Charging Stations Observed in Delhi June 2024 3
- Analysis 4
- Obsolete technology 4
- Low or no utilisation leading to no maintenance 4
- Lack of incentives for operations and maintenance OM 4
- Recommendations 5
- Infrastructure upgrade 5
- Leasing to private CPOs 5
- Incentives for uptime 5
- Regulations for uptime 5
- Annexure 7
- Photo 1 EV chargers in the Jor Bagh cluster Delhi 7
- Photo 2 Non-functional EV chargers in Connaught Place Delhi 7
- Photo 3 Non-functional EV chargers at Patel Chowk Delhi 8
- Photo 4 Functional but inaccessible chargers at Mayur Vihar Phase 1 Metro Station 8
- About IEEFA 9
- About the Author 9
- Charith Konda 9
- Subham Shrivastava 9
