The government has announced to install the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at five Motorway locations, keeping in view the number of vehicles traveling on a particular road.
NHA has included EV charging stations in the contracts of filling stations. Concessionaires/contractors are installing the same in line with the numbers of EV vehicles commuting on a particular road, a senior NHA official told the media.
He stated that currently the EV charging stations were being installed at locations including
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Rashakai service area, Islamabad -Peshawar motorway (M-1),
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Tandliyanwala service area, Lahore – Islamabad motorway (M-3),
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Dandewal service area, Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad,
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Khanewal service area, Khanewal motorway (M-4), and
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Hazara service area, Hassanabdal-Havelian Expressway (E-35)
Moreover, M/s MORE (Pvt.) Ltd. being the BoT concessionaire of M-2 has installed an EV charging facility at Bhera Service Area on M-2, the official said.
The officer further expressed his view that other fuel stations across the entire motorway?would install EV charging stations, resulting in an increase in the number of EV vehicles.
Earlier during the PTI tenure, ex-Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary said that the government was looking forward to installing vehicle charging stations on all motorways.