State-owned electrical equipment supplier Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL) has bagged a government order to set up 1,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations nationwide under the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) program.
REIL has invited expressions of interest from companies to identify sites and install the charging infrastructure in more than 75 cities. The scope of work includes site selection, development, operation and maintenance of interoperable electric chargers and associated infrastructure for all types of EV.
Bidders should be registered in India and have experience in the automotive sector, e-mobility or the business and operation of EV charging infrastructure. They should also have at least INR100 crore to invest in the charging stations.
REIL installed 200 EV charging stations during the first phase of the FAME scheme and is currently adding another 270.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.