New policy to set 20% parking aside for EVs

Delhi's Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2.0, which is likely to be announced next month, proposed to mandate EV charging points for at least 20% of the parking space in all new buildings, officials aware of the matter said.

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI: For older buildings, 5% of the total parking space is to facilitate charging infrastructure for EVs, officials said.

According to the proposal, a copy of which was accessed by HT, new buildings with at least 20 car parking spaces will be issued occupancy certificates (OCs) only if they have at least four (20%) EV charging spaces. Similarly, officials said, a large building having 100 parking spaces will have at least 20 spaces with an EV charging facility, but the rule does not apply to buildings having fewer than 20 parking spaces.

Officials said that they will include the mandates in the building bylaws of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

"We have increased the EV charging station targets by a lot as it has been seen that lack of charging infrastructure has been a hindrance in EV adoption, especially among private vehicle owners. With better technology, we are focusing on having fast chargers wherever possible," a transport department official said.