Ahmedabad, Jan 19 (UNI) UK-based Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider company EO Charging on Sunday launched it's first free electric vehicle charging point in this most populous city of Gujarat and said that it has planned to set up around 300 such points across the western state by March, 2022.
The company, which has so far started around 20 such charging points across the country since the launch of it's distribution network in India in November last year, has planned to set up more than 4000 such points in India by March, 2023.
The first charging point, situated behind the SP Ring road in the parking lot of a well-known restaurant in the outskirts of the city, will initially be free of cost for awareness about the benefits of electric vehicles and promotion of the solutions of the company.
Founder and CEO of Yahhvi Enterprises, the exclusive distribution partner of EO Charging in India, Sandeep Yadav, told newspersons here that the company has planned to launch around 300 such free charging points across Gujarat, including the major cities of Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.
In Ahmedabad alone, there would be around 40 such stations by the end of March, 2022. All of these points would be equipped with smart automated technologies/software. The UK-based company was also going to set up a manufacturing unit in Maharashtra.
He said that initially, the company would bear the charging expenses for promotion and awareness exercise. It would also spread the EV awareness through special training programmes for students, institutes, company employees and unemployed youth.
'About 1000 Plus EV training programmes would be taken by March 2021, targeting 2.5 lakh audiences. We will also support 2000 people, to get employed in a direct and indirect way of charging related business,' the CEO added.
To a query, he said that his company, which is based in Gujarat, provides three types of chargers, including the ones for residences.
Looking at the population density of India, which was even more than that of China, EV's were bound to be a major success here. New players were making entry into this business, he added.
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