In a bid to turn Telangana as a hub for Electric Vehicles, the Government launched EV&ESS Policy 2020-2030 on October 30,2020. The Government has not left any stone unturned be it in faster adoption of Electric Vehicles & Energy Storage Systems, promoting Research & Development, and creating an environment to attract investors. The aim is to reduce the total cost of transportation for personal and commercial purposes supported by world-class infrastructure.
Key highlights of the policy:
To attract investments worth $ 4.0 Billion and create employment for 120,000 persons by the year 2030 through EVs in shared mobility, charging infrastructure development and EV & ESS manufacturing activities. The Government’s intention is to reduce the total cost of mobility by increasing the adoption of electric vehicles in public transportation, 2 & 3 Wheelers, 4 wheelers, light commercial vehicles and shared transportation.
Following are the demand side incentives to incentivize for usage of Electric Vehicles purchased and registered within Telangana.
Following are the Supply side incentives for Manufacturers
Tailor Made Incentives are available for Mega Projects with investment of over USD 28.5M (INR 200 Cr) or those that provide employment for a minimum of 1000 personnel.
Close to 9000 EV Vehicles were sold with Rs. 35 Crores given as incentives in the form of exemption of road tax and registration charges.
Initiatives
Department of Heavy Industries, Government of India sanctioned 138 charging stations in Telangana state i.e., 118 in Hyderabad, 10 eachin Karimnagar and Warangal for installation of public charging stations under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II).
Under HMDA (86 Locations in Hyderabad), TSSPDCL( 54 locations in Hyderabad),NPDCL(40 locations at Karimnagar and Warangal ),GHMC(46 locations in Hyderabad) out of which TSREDCO has allotted 32 locations in Hyderabad for NTPC and 57 locations to REIL in Hyderabad, Warangal and Karimnagar and 49 locations to EESL in Hyderabad. During the joint inspection, if the allotted site locations are not found feasible then an alternate location needs to be selected from other allotted site locations.
1. DHI, GOI has shortlisted and sanctioned three Central PSU’s for Telangana State for implementation of EV Charging Stations under Fame-2. The Three Central PSU’s along with Sanctioned numbers allotted under fame-2 to each PSU’s are as follows:
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1. Proposed categories of EV Charging Station under DHI, EOI are as follows:
a) Category A: Charging stations established at public places for commercial purpose. b) Category B: Charging stations established within the premises of a state or central Government office complex, hospitals and institutions for non-commercial use. c) Category C: Charging stations established within the semi-restricted premises for Commercial or noncommercial purpose for charging of Electric vehicles. 2. Maximum demand incentives available from DHI under FAME India Scheme Phase-II will be as given below:
I. Category A: 70 % of the cost of EV Chargers. II. Category B: 100 % of the cost of EV Chargers III. Category C: 50 % of the cost of EV Chargers |
Till date 92 EV Charging Stations are available in Hyderabad with 111 EV Chargers. Out of 111 EV Chargers, 65 are under Fame-1 installed by REIL and TSREDCO. Close to 9000 EV Vehicles were sold with Rs.35 Crores given as incentives in the form of exemption of road tax and registration charges.
TSREDCO in order to promote the EV adaption in Telangana installed 30 EV chargers in Government offices under fame 1 for captive use. TSREDCO has tendered various agencies for providing 1000 Electric 4 Wheelers to various Govt departments on hire basis for official use.
TSREDCO is planning to provide Electric 2 Wheelers on EMI basis to the Govt employees. Plans are underway to install battery swapping stations for promotion of 3 Wheeler Autos retrofitment, install 600 EV charging stations under PPP model in the state in the next one year.
TSREDCO is in the process of development of Mobile Application and Web Application for the operation of EV charging stations and also to promote the schemes of TSREDCO. The App will be operationalized by the end of January 2022.
TSREDCO will install EV Charging stations under Fame 2 and PPP model on all national and state highways in the state for faster adoption of E mobility. These charging stations will be made available by 2022. In this regards the TSREDCO signing MOUs with oil companies’ road transport corporations’ R&B departments national highway authority department and private agencies for getting the locations.
TSREDCO being the state nodal agency has determined the ceiling cost of service as Rs. 12.06 + applicable GST on per kWh basis to be charged by only those charging stations that are installed through Govt incentives (financial or otherwise) as per the standards and guidelines issued by ministry of power Govt of India. Currently the proposal is submitted to state Govt for approval.