Charging electric vehicles will be easy in Lucknow. Charging electric vehicles will be easy in Lucknow: Charging point installed in Janeshwar Mishra Park and Lohia Park – Lucknow News

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EV charging stations have been set up outside Janeshwar Mishra Park, Lohia Park and Jyotibula Phule Park. Soon they will be inaugurated and started. In view of the increasing number of charging stations in the city, charging stations will be expanded.

Sales of electronic vehicles have increased

Due to subsidy given by the state government to electric vehicles, a large number of two and four wheelers are being sold. Manoj Sagar, XEN Electrical Engineer, Lucknow Development Authority said that tenders were invited from operators for setting up and maintaining five electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations (50 charging points) in Janeshwar Mishra Park, Lohia Park and Jyotiba Phule Park. .

Sales of electronic vehicles have increased continuously in the last few months.

Many big companies had contacted

Dozens of renowned companies of the country and the state had submitted tenders for this. Photon Company of Pune was awarded the tender for quoting the highest rate. The contract with the company has been for ten years. LDA has provided about 1200-1500 square meters of land to the company for setting up the charging station.

LDA will get Rs 4.05 per unit

In return, the company will pay a fee of Rs 4.05 per unit to the authority. The operator has installed AC-type EV chargers for 4-wheelers and AC/DC-type chargers for 2-wheelers. Space for charging buses will also be included at the stations. Charging of e-rickshaws will also be allowed at these stations. In future the operator will also provide battery swapping facility.

The rules were made in the year 2022

Earlier, Uttar Pradesh had released the ‘Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022’. The official said that the cost of setting up one station is around Rs 30 to 35 lakh. A ten-year contract has been signed for unit charge.

The authority will be able to increase the unit charge only after ten years. Electric vehicle drivers will have to charge here themselves. No operator has been appointed here by the company. With the help of the application, electric car owners will get the location of the charging station along with many other information.

An app will be provided for this. After downloading the app, you will have to register yourself in it. For this, you will have to upload documents like your vehicle information, registration number, insurance policy and driving license. Which chargers are installed at the charging stations? How much money will have to be paid for charging? Information related to EV service. You can also pre-book charging slots through this app.