<p>Kolkata: India's largest single-site electric vehicle (EV) charging hub is set to come up in south Kolkata's Thakurpukur area, claimed Ashhok Kapoor, the MD of EzUrja, which is building it.</p><p>It will be the second-largest EV charging hub in the world with 300 chargers, he said, adding that China has the largest facility housing 650 chargers at a single location.</p><p>The facility will come up on a nearly two-acre abandoned plant of PSU Andrew Yule & Co, Kapoor told PTI.</p>.Tesla's entry will help grow EV market in India, not worried about competition: BMW.<p>"This is our first EV charging hub project. It is being executed for 300 vehicles of Snap-E, the all-electric app-based cab service. So far, the largest single-site EV charging hub in India is in Gurgaon, which has 160 charging points," he said.</p><p>The project is estimated to cost Rs 7.5 crore and expected to become operational by August, ahead of Durga Puja, he added.</p><p>"Andrew Yule has offered the land under a commercial arrangement," Kapoor said.</p><p>He said all the chargers are being locally manufactured at EzUrja's Himachal Pradesh unit.</p><p>"The hub will have a mix of fast and slow chargers, with capacity loads of up to 120 kwh. Fast chargers will constitute about 20 per cent of the total," he said.</p><p>The full load capacity of the hub will be 6 mw, and solar panels and storage batteries are being installed to make it sustainable, he said.</p><p>"We expect to generate about 40 per cent of the load from the microgrid we are developing at the site to ensure an eco-friendly and reliable energy supply," he said.</p><p>Snap-E CEO Mayank Bindal said this collaborative initiative will set a precedent for developing robust e-mobility infrastructure in the country.</p><p>EzUrja is also planning to develop EV charging infrastructure along the 250-km Kolkata-Asansol highway.</p><p>It is planning to install 10 EV charging stations of 240 kwh capacity for electric buses in collaboration with the state power department for interstate services.</p><p>"The state power department will offer land at its substations along the highway," Kapoor said.</p><p>The company is also exploring another EV charging hub in Kolkata, he said.</p>
<p>Kolkata: India's largest single-site electric vehicle (EV) charging hub is set to come up in south Kolkata's Thakurpukur area, claimed Ashhok Kapoor, the MD of EzUrja, which is building it.</p><p>It will be the second-largest EV charging hub in the world with 300 chargers, he said, adding that China has the largest facility housing 650 chargers at a single location.</p><p>The facility will come up on a nearly two-acre abandoned plant of PSU Andrew Yule & Co, Kapoor told PTI.</p>.Tesla's entry will help grow EV market in India, not worried about competition: BMW.<p>"This is our first EV charging hub project. It is being executed for 300 vehicles of Snap-E, the all-electric app-based cab service. So far, the largest single-site EV charging hub in India is in Gurgaon, which has 160 charging points," he said.</p><p>The project is estimated to cost Rs 7.5 crore and expected to become operational by August, ahead of Durga Puja, he added.</p><p>"Andrew Yule has offered the land under a commercial arrangement," Kapoor said.</p><p>He said all the chargers are being locally manufactured at EzUrja's Himachal Pradesh unit.</p><p>"The hub will have a mix of fast and slow chargers, with capacity loads of up to 120 kwh. Fast chargers will constitute about 20 per cent of the total," he said.</p><p>The full load capacity of the hub will be 6 mw, and solar panels and storage batteries are being installed to make it sustainable, he said.</p><p>"We expect to generate about 40 per cent of the load from the microgrid we are developing at the site to ensure an eco-friendly and reliable energy supply," he said.</p><p>Snap-E CEO Mayank Bindal said this collaborative initiative will set a precedent for developing robust e-mobility infrastructure in the country.</p><p>EzUrja is also planning to develop EV charging infrastructure along the 250-km Kolkata-Asansol highway.</p><p>It is planning to install 10 EV charging stations of 240 kwh capacity for electric buses in collaboration with the state power department for interstate services.</p><p>"The state power department will offer land at its substations along the highway," Kapoor said.</p><p>The company is also exploring another EV charging hub in Kolkata, he said.</p>