BPCL launches charging stations on 2 highways

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru:

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on Friday announced the launch of Electric Vehicles (EV) Fast-Charging stations on two corridors in south India. The locations will be Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Mysore-Coorg Highway.

The chargers are located at nine of the company’s fuel stations with an approximate distance of 100 km between them. BPCL plans to set up EV charging stations at their fuel pumps at periodic intervals on all major national highways connecting major cities and economic centres in the country.

The Chennai-TrichyMadurai highway was part of the first phase, they added. Speaking at the launch of the EV Fast-Charging Corridors, P.S. Ravi, Executive Director In-charge (Retail), BPCL said: “The growth of Indian electric vehicle market has been significant over the years and the launch of our EV Fast-Charging Corridors on the Bangalore-Chennai Highway and BangaloreMysore-Coorg Highway is aligned with India’s EV dream of transitioning to cleaner alternatives."