The Gurugram Electric charging station will have a total of 96 electric chargers, including both AC slow chargers and DC fast chargers.
Electric car owners in Gurugram have now got a new electric charging station in Sector 52. Powered by Alekrify, this new charging station boasts of 96 chargers with 100 charging points, and technical inspection for various Certification Compliance and Safety Standard laid by the Power Ministry, Govt. of India. The new charging station overshadows Navi Mumbais charging station, which was previously the largest station with just 20 charging ports.
At the Gururgram Electric Charging station, out of the 96 chargers, 72 are AC slow chargers and 24 are fast DC chargers. The AC chargers take up to six hours to charge an EV, where each can charge four vehicles per day, 288 vehicles combined per day. The fast DC chargers take two hours to charge 12 EVs every day. However, overnight there is 24 such DC 5 kW charger that can charge 288 EVs.
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Below we have stated the quotes of eminent ministers and personalities who present at the occasion. Starting with the National Program Director, Ease of Doing Business program, and Project Director of National Highway for Electric Vehicle in an additional charge, Mr. Abhijeet Sinha. He said, Electric vehicles are the future and this station is our prototyped preparation for that future. This ultra-modern station is now open to meet all the regulatory standards set by the government. It will also set the standard as a prototype station for all the upcoming EV charging stations of the National Highways for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) pilot project making Indias first 500 km E-Highway between Jaipur -Delhi-Agra .
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He further added, Across the world charging stations have similar layouts and formations like petrol pumps and parking lots. India shall lead this segment with these hemispheres shaped, energy-efficient, the green structure of NHEV charging stations with less consumption of AC and heaters and illuminated with sunlight in the daytime and solar batteries during the night. Takes nothing from the environment and neither gives many emissions nor any waste as it recycles all its waste internally with inbuilt waste management treatments''.
Mr. Sudhendu J. Sinha, Adviser (Infrastructure, Connectivity Transport and Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog, also said in his inaugural address, India is committed towards the fight against environmental degradation and achieves carbon neutrality by 2070. Electric Vehicles will significantly help India achieve these targets. The EV charging station inaugurated today fast forwards India's entry into the EV era and opens doors for faster adoption of EVs. Not only will this station encourage more people to invest in electric vehicles, but also motivate people to invest in the EV charging infra business.
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Mr. Praveen Kumar, Member NHEV Working Group and Managing Director of Alektrify charging hub told that The station has 96 operational charging ports for electric vehicles for 96 EVs at a time and can serve up to 576 electric vehicles round the clock. 1 AC charger takes up to 6 hours to charge an EV and can charge a total of 4 vehicles in a day and 72 such chargers can charge 288 EV every day. While our fast DC chargers can charge a vehicle in less than 2 hours and can comfortably charge 12 EVs every day at this station. We have 24 such DC 5KW chargers to charge 288 EVs in a day-night utilization.
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