Accordingly In a move to encourage the use of electric vehicles, an electric vehicle charging station was launched in Kochi on Saturday. Meanwhile the charging station has been set up at the outlet of Indian Oil United Fuels in Edapally. As per reports, this is the second electric vehicle charging station to be set up in south india after hyderabad.
Reportedly charging vehicles will be free of cost for the first three months and the power Grid Corporation of india, an Indian government company of electric utilities, has provided the basic facilities for the initiative. Furthermore it requires about 90 minutes for an electric vehicle to be fully charged, though it will only take lesser time for top-up charging and the Power Grid Corporation of india officials said that more charging outlets will be built across the state. According to reports, 35 charging stations are proposed to be built in the state by 2020.
Moreover the charging station was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan virtually on Saturday while attending the Evolve 2019, a conference to promote e-mobility. Perhaps as part of implementing the draft of electric vehicle policy, the Chief Minister said that the state plans to launch two lakh two-wheeler vehicles, 50,000 three-wheeler vehicles, 1,000 good carriers, 3,000 buses and 100 ferry boats that run on electric power by 2022.
