The National Highway for EV (NHEV) Working Group met Sudhendu J Sinha, Advisor (Infrastructure, Connectivity - Transport and Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog discussed battery standardization and the need for piloting a prototype for ground realities.

They discussed the recently announced policy for 'Battery Swapping' from the Ease of Doing Business perspective of their stakeholders.

The meeting included discussions on battery standards, as well as the necessity for a prototype to be tested in real-world scenarios.

All 30 NHEV charging stations on the Jaipur-Delhi and Noida-Agra e-highways will include 20 two-wheelers and 20 three-wheelers EV with swapping units, open for usage with a mobile app subscription like Yulu, according to the proposal.

Tourists will be able to use these two-wheelers to cruise the streets of Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra, and Jaipur from roads to travel within cities, and then return the motorcycles.

“This is our 2nd prototype station constructed in record 30-day time for Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway, 2 more stations of same size and scale will be installed in Noida within 60 days for Delhi-Agra E-Highway which will conclude the prototype modelling of E-hubs. 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”, says Abhijeet Sinha, Project Director, National Highway - Electric Vehicles.

"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. These simple prototypes have proved that e-highway stations of NHEV will be world-class and draw a strong commercial roadmap of E-mobility on Indian highways".