Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) announced that it has launched 19 fast charging corridors for electric vehicles on 15 highways in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
A fast charging station for electric vehicles will be found on the corridor approximately every 100 km, a senior BPCL official said at an event on Friday. “Fast charging stations have been installed across 110 petrol stations divided into different power corridors.” BPCL executive director (retail) PS Ravi said the company has launched three corridors in Kerala with 19 petrol stations; six corridors in Karnataka with 33 petrol stations; and 10 corridors in Tamil Nadu with 58 petrol stations.
“Electric vehicles charge in just 30 minutes and can travel up to 125 kilometers at our filling stations. Therefore, the distance between our two charging stations is maintained at 100 kilometers,” Pushp Kumar Nayar, Head of Retail, South, said in the launch.
Ravi said the fast charger is easy to use and can operate on its own without any human assistance, although support staff are available if needed.
“BPCL has digitized the entire EV charger locator, charger operations and transaction process through the HelloBPCL app to provide a hassle-free and transparent online user experience,” Ravi added.
The company has launched electric vehicle corridors connecting important religious and tourist destinations to cities such as Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Bandipur National Park in Karnataka, Guruvayur and Kadampuzha temples in Kerala, Valapada National Shrine in Kochi, Koradi and Markaz Knowledge City in Thrissur, Koradi and Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, among others.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation is India’s second-largest oil marketing company and one of India’s premier integrated energy companies.
Its distribution network includes more than 20,000 energy stations, more than 6,200 LPG distributors, 733 lubricant distributors, 123 POL (petroleum, oil and lubricants) storage locations, 54 LPG bottling plants, 60 aviation service stations, 4 lubricant blending plants and 4 multinational pipelines.