Delhi-Chandigarh NH to be first fully-electrified highway

BHEL is installing solar-based electric vehicle chargers (SEVCs) on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway. It will become the first fully electrified highway. Setting up of EV chargers at regular intervals over the 250 km stretch would allay anxiety among electric vehicle users and bolster their confidence for eco-friendly inter-city travel. The government has introduced a number of plans to support owning and maintaining an electric vehicle, since electrification seems to be the only immediate solution to curtail pollution and rising fuel prices. BHEL will design a central monitoring system, besides designing, engineering, manufacturing, supplying and installing the EV charging stations. The stations will have a rooftop solar power plant to continuously supply green energy to both fast and slow chargers at the stations.