36,000 public EV charging guns needed by 2030 to meet demand: Study
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A study conducted by the Centre for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), a Bengaluru-based think tank, shows that in order to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs), the city would require more than 36,000 public EV charging guns (25 times more than the number in 2023) and 400 more charging stations by 2030.
By using the stock projection method, the study, which is called “Bengaluru 2030: EV charging demand and infrastructure”, finds that Bengaluru will have more than 23 lakh EVs on the road by 2030. To help this transition, around 141 acres of land (equivalent to having 700 petrol pumps) would be required to set up the charging stations.
