bengaluru in a first in the countrya public utility provider is all set to open electric vehicle ev charging stations for private and public use in bengaluru the bengaluru electricity supply company bescom plans to set up 11 such stations at different points in six months the first one will come up at the bescom corporate head office at kr circle by midfebruary according to the transport department there are 6000 registered electric vehicles in the city bescom managing director p rajendra cholan said the users will initially be charged commercial rates that will later get subsidized the karnataka electricity regulatory commission has agreed to set a special tariff for private parties to encourage people to use electric vehicles the changes will reflect when it is official while it is a good move to promote clean energy it will also help generate revenue he said plans are afoot to replace vehicles of bescom officials above the level of executive engineer with electric vehicles these vehicles are outsourced of the 200 cars 10 will be replaced in the first phase we are in talks with two companies he said and added that the response vehicles that go to the field to fix problems do not have a suitable design replacement the aim is to establish infrastructure to enable fastest charging system direct current dcas of now there are not many takers so theres a need to make electric vehicles more appealing to the public he added even as there are efforts to get the indian auto industry ready to facilitate electric cars bescoms decision to set up charging stations in bengaluru is a step in the right direction apart from absence of initiatives and customers reluctance to change their mindset lack of infrastructure has been an impediment to promoting sustainable energyefficient practices its only by providing citizens easy access to resources that alternative practices can become popular while promoting clean energy in the highly polluted city bescom will be able to generate some revenue a model worth emulating for other public utility providers tnn published on feb 8 2018 at 0534 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric vehicle bengaluru electricity supply company rajendra cholan kr circle bescom homenewsindustrybengaluru to set up charging stations for electric vehicles