new delhi to give a push to the adoption of electric vehicles the delhi government is going to add technologically advanced and lowcost charging points and battery swapping stations at 42 new locations in the capitalaccording to officials at these locations people will be able to charge their vehicles at just about rs 3 per unit with these new facilities the number of public charging points installed by delhi transco limited will increase to 173 and the count of battery swapping facilities will go up to 62 at a total of 53 locationsthis said officials will further strengthen the ev charging network in delhi and motivate people to adopt electric vehiclesdelhi is considered as the ev capital of the country with more than 5000 electric vehicles getting registered in the city every month over 22 lakh electric vehicles have been registered in delhi so far since august 2020 when the delhi government launched its ambitious ev policy offering subsidy on buying electric vehicles nearly 13 lakh electric vehicles have rolled out on city roads the policy was launched with the aim of ensuring that 25 of all new vehicle registrations by 2024 are electricthe locations where these new chargers have been installed include the parking of shadipur janakpuri east uttam nagar east uttam nagar west rajendra place dwarka dwarka sector11 kashmere gate vishwavidyala supreme court dilshad garden welcome netaji subhash place kalkaji mandir mayur vihar extension qutub minar rohini sector 18 and 19 and azadpur metro stationsthe locations have been chosen to ensure people can easily access these charging points we have a map on our website evdelhigovin to help people locate the nearest charging point said a delhi government officialinterestingly while private charging stations and even those installed by other government agencies charge around rs 910 per unit for charging vehicles it costs less than onethird at locations where delhi transco limited is setting up its networkthis innovative tender is the first of its kind in india to employ the publicprivate partnership model to set up ev chargers which resulted in the lowest charging rate in the country which is nearly rs 3 per unit said a delhi government officialcurrently 896 public charging points and 103 battery swapping stations are getting installed under the dtl tender he addedto promote ev adoption the delhi government has also initiated a facility where the consumers via an online single window portal switch delhi can get a private ev charging point installed at their homes group housing societies multistorey apartment complexes rwa offices and commercial shops through discomempanelled vendorsas per the central electricity authority report for the 202223 financial year ev charging stations across india consumed 205 million units of electricity and delhi accounted for over 55 of this consumption utilising 1134 million unitsdelhis ev policy which will complete its three years in august has so far achieved around 86 of its measures and targets said an official