Why the public charging infra needs to catch up with the rise of EVs

According to data from OMI Found­at­ion's EV dashboard, India has 10,185 charg­ing stations comprising 17,094 charging points

Kapil Singh — not his real name — be­came a contractual driver with a state-run outfit in the National Ca­pital Region of Delhi. He was ex­cited to be taking the wheel at an electric vehicle (EV) made by one of the country’s fo­remost carmakers. It came with a 15-ampere charger that took the battery from zero to full in seven hours. And the EV could travel 250 km or so on one full charge. Singh would not tire of praising his vehicle before his friends.

His fervour dimmed a little when he faced an unexpected roadblock when his charger began