Maharashtra: 6 Highway Corridors for Fast-Charging of e-vehicles

According to reports, six highways in Maharashtra gets Electric Vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations.

These six EV charging stations are launched by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company. They recharge the EVs in just about 30 minutes giving the driving range of upto 125 kilometers, therefore the distance between the two such facilities at highways have been kept within 100 kilometres.

• With 30 KW fast charging stations installation at our Fuel Stations, six highways (highways numbers) have been converted into electric corridors
• These corridors will remove range anxiety of the electric vehicles owners, driving on long distance
• Fuel Stations offers safe stoppage points for EV charging, along with clean toilets, restaurants, ideal for driving break

So far, BPCL has converted 6 highways into electric corridors and going forward, by March 2023, 200 highways will be covered with Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers under the brand eDrive which carries the tagline Clean. Fast. Easy, to support and accelerate the EV growth in the country.

These Fast EV Charging Corridors were inaugurated by Shri Sanjeev Agrawal, Executive Director (Engg & Automation, Retail) in presence of S. Abbas Akhtar, CGM (Brand & PR), Subhankar Sen, CGM (Retail Initiatives & Brand), Akshay Wadhwa, Head (Retail) West, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, State Head, (Retail) Maharashtra & Goa.

These six highways are:

Pune-Ahmednagar-Aurangabad - 240 KMs

Pune-Solapur (4 ROs), 250 KMs

Pune- Nashik (4 ROs), 200 KMs

Pune-Kolhapur (3 RO s), 225 KMs

Mumbai-Nashik (3 RO s) 200KMs and

Nashik-Shirdi (3 RO s), 90 KMs

The fuel stations also offer the consumers with added convenience of clean and hygienic washrooms, cash withdrawals, safe and secure parking while charging, free digital air facility, 24-hour operations and much more.