Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have announced plans of setting up 22,000 EV charging stations in prominent cities and on national highways across the country.

Out of 22,000 EV charging stations, 10,000 will be installed by Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), 7,000 will be installed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), and 5,000 will be installed by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL).

IOCL has already installed 439 EV charging stations and plans to install another 2,000 EV charging stations over the next year. BPCL has installed 52 charging stations while HPCL has installed 382 charging stations.

Currently, India has a total of 1640 operational public EV chargers. Out of which, 9 cities (Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai) account for approximately 940 stations.

The Department of Heavy Industry has recently sanctioned 1,576 public charging stations for 25 highways and expressways which shall be located within every 25 km of range on both sides of these expressways and highways.

Recently, the Ministry of Power revised charging guidelines and standards.