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India's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station for 4 wheelers, with 121 charging points, has been launched in which city?
A)
Gurugram
B)
Bengaluru
C)
Chennai
D)
Ghaziabad

Correct Answer :   Gurugram


India's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station was opened in Sector 86, Gurugram, on Thursday(3rd Mar 2022), with a capacity of 121 charging points for four-wheelers.
 
The charging station has been developed by Alektrify Private Limited under the Ease of Doing Business program. The station has 75 AC, 25 DC and 21 hybrid charging points with a capacity of charging 1,000 cars in a single day.
 
The city now has two of the largest electric vehicle charging stations in the country.
 
Earlier in January, the first EV station was opened with a capacity of 100 charging points in Sector 52 of Gurugram.
 
During the inauguration, Abhijeet Sinha, National Programme Director, Ease of Doing Business programme and Project Director of National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV), said: "This is our second prototype station constructed in just 30 days after the Sector-52 EV charging station, 2 more stations of same size and scale will be installed in Noida within 60 days for Delhi-Agra E-Highway which will conclude the prototype modelling of E-hubs."
 
30 more e-highway charging stations will be constructed within a record time of 90 days from their date of allocation to PSUs/private entities, he added..

Source : India Today

Published On : March 5, 2022
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