New EV Renting Policy Will Allow You To Rent Electric Two-Wheelers On Indian Highways

Last Updated on March 10, 2022 by Anu Joy

National Highway for EV (NHEV) has been pushing for public charging stations across the country. Now, members of the NHEV group have met Niti Aayog to talk about a new battery swapping policy. In this meeting, members decided that two major express highways in India will get electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers. Furthermore, the groups talked about how the battery swapping policy will also be good for business.

ANI reported that some participating members put forth a proposal to establish 30 NHEV charging stations on Jaipur-Delhi and Noida-Agra e-highways. These routes are expected to get 20 two-wheelers and 20 three-wheelers electric vehicles with battery-swapping technology, under this proposition. This new technology was pitched as something similar to the popular Yulu platform.

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According to the proposal, these electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers will be available at the NHEV charging stations. People who are interested in renting these vehicles will have to fill and submit an application form, and can start using them once the initial formalities are complete. After using them for the predetermined time, users can return the vehicle back to the EV charging station.

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Abhijeet Sinha, Project Director of National Highway for Electric Vehicles says that the Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway charging station is NHEV’s second prototype station constructed in a record 30 days. Sinha adds that within two months, two more stations of the same size and scale will be installed in Noida as part of the Delhi-Agra E-Highway, which should conclude the prototype modelling of E-hubs. He says that, “30 more E-Highway charging stations will be constructed within a record time of 90 days from their date of allocations to PSUs/Private entities.”

Sinha adds, “These charging stations are commercially and technically competing with petrol pumps now with 72 percent utilization and 36-month breakeven with increased capacity to charge 1000 cars at this station and 576 cars at Sect 52 station”. He claims that these prototypes have proved that NHEV’s e-highway stations will be “world-class and draw a strong commercial roadmap of E-mobility on Indian highways”.