Authorities places of work, hospitals, faculties, railway stations are a number of the locations the place public EV charging stations would come up in Tier I and II cities, as per Telangana REDCO officers| Picture Credit score: BY ARRANGEMENT
Telangana Renewable Power Improvement Company (TGREDCO) plans to have a public Electrical Automobile Charging Station (EVCS) for each 25-30 kilometres on nationwide and State highways. Eating places, dhabas or different meals retailers; areas inside 500 metres of an electrical sub-station; authorities owned lands alongside the roadways are a number of the locations being thought of. Managing Director of the Company, V. Anila, stated that they plan to extend the general public EVCS by setting them up at authorities places of work, hospitals, faculties, railway stations and different locations in Tier I and II cities.
The places within the metropolis and alongside highways are but to be accepted. Round 1500 purposes had been acquired from non-public events to arrange the stations.
As of now, there are over 1,030 EVCS throughout Telangana, together with round 600 in Hyderabad. TGREDCO goals to extend the general public EVCS to six,000 by 2030 and 12,000 by 2035. The variety of charging stations and power consumed elevated from 2.60 million models (MU) in September final yr to 10.15 MU in September this yr. Telangana State Highway Transport Company (TGSRTC) drove the surge with 7.81 MU consumption for its EV bus fleet in September this yr. TGSRTC’s charging stations are used just for the buses.
An area of round 650 sq. toes is required to arrange an EVCS. Two classes of infra is required: EV charger, and upstream infrastructure together with distribution transformer, cables, AC distribution containers, civil works and others. Price varies with the capability of the charger. An EVCS with 60KW charger prices round ₹15 lakh, together with ₹7 lakh for the charger and one other ₹7 lakh for the upstream. Officers stated that subsidy is offered below PM E-Drive is offered for establishing EVCS.
One of many wants of the folks with EV is to know location of the charging stations, particularly alongside highways for smoother planning of the journey. The officers stated {that a} unified app is within the works which may have info on the general public EVCS.
Printed – November 15, 2025 03:50 pm IST
