The Wide World Of EV Chargers: India’s Struggle In Finding The Right EV Charging Standard

The Wide World Of EV Chargers: India’s Struggle In Finding The Right EV Charging Standard

SUMMARY

Three competing charging standards — CHAdeMO, CCS and Indian Bharat Standard — are being used in India

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) are working towards standardising charging

Standardisation can reduce the cost of implementing EV charging stations, startups told Inc42

There is industry-wide consensus among electric vehicle companies and startups that one of the biggest problems in adoption of green mobility standards is the charging infrastructure. Simply put, India is not ready to support daily charging of millions of EVs and even where there is adequate charging infrastructure, the difference of opinion in selecting the right charging infrastructure standard for electric vehicles is one of the factors hindering widespread EV adoption.“Talks are already ongoing in the industry around adoption of all three standards of charging for EVs- Japanese CHAdeMO, European Combined Charging System (CCS) and the Indian Bharat Standard. All three are fast charging technologies,” Jeetender Sharma, founder and managing director of Okinawa Autotech, told Inc42.“The government should ensure standardisation for the battery charging infrastructure and the battery swapping mechanism in order to create a uniform EV ecosystem. Local production of essential EV components is much needed in order to tackle the otherwise massive import costs,” Akhil Aryan, cofounder and CEO ION Energy told Inc42.

While last year many media reports suggested that India was leaning towards the European charging infrastructure standards, this year speculation is rife about the ministry of power adopting all three charging standards currently followed by Indian automakers, namely Japanese CHAdeMO, European Combined Charging System (CCS) and the Indian Bharat Standard.

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