The transition to #electricvehicles is an unstoppable #revolution, and Glida India is proud to be an enabler through our consistent initiatives focused on building more value for EV users. This is just the beginning of a massive #evolution towards a #sustainable lifestyle that will have a tremendous #positiveimpact on business, people, and the planet. The exchange and flow of ideas are essential to maintain progress. It’s time to engage in the hard talks that will push #electricmobility towards rapid, inorganic growth. Highlights from Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Jha’s panel at ELECTRICON 2024 organized by EVreporter.com: ✅ The Government of India is doing commendable work to promote the uptake of #eMobility. However, they should also focus on making reliable power available 24x7 along #highways. Consumers and #fleet operators, like #buses and #trucks, will gain confidence if they see chargers running all the time. This will boost the visibility, viability, and attractiveness of #EVcharging. ✅ The Government of India should design bidding guidelines for the equitable allocation of public spaces to private CPOs. Currently, there are no standard guidelines adopted by various #government agencies. This should enable and maximize the revenue-earning ability of the agency, at least for the initial 5-6 years. Having a pre-determined lease/revenue sharing for space allocation will go a long way, similar to the Feed-In Tariff regime in #electricity generation. ✅ #OpenAccess regulations should account for the nature of public charging and allow banking over a year instead of a month. Wheeling and cross-subsidy charges should be kept in abeyance until EV penetration reaches a 10-15% threshold. ✅ Service fee capping, as contemplated in draft guidelines, should not be pursued. This should be left to the market as competition would take care of it. Besides, determining a service fee in this business is fraught with the risk of pushing outdated technological products. Fees are a function of capex, opex, and the utilization of assets. Capex varies across different types of chargers and their capacities, ranging from INR 3000 to INR 70,00,000, excluding electrical #infrastructure costs. Therefore, determining a service fee is not feasible. Thanks to the organizer and other Speakers who brought valuable insights on the Platform 👉🏼 Ravin MIRCHANDANI from Quench EV Chargers, Puneet Aggarwal from Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), Hitender Vigamal from BRIGHTBLU, P.M Singh from Exicom and Arth Patel from Tirex Chargers. Special thanks to the session moderator Preetesh Singh from NRI (Nomura Research Institute)
Panel 1: Evolution of India's EV Charging Infrastructure commenced with robust discussions on the significance and efficacy of government guidelines. The topic was introduced by Awadesh Kumar Jha from Glida India and continued by Ravin MIRCHANDANI from Quench EV Chargers, Puneet Aggarwal from Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), Hitender Vigamal from BRIGHTBLU , P M Singh from Exicom and Arth Patel from Tirex Chargers. The session was expertly moderated by Preetesh Singh from NRI (Nomura Research Institute)
