In India, Delhi is choking on extremely polluted air and in Paris, over 190 countries agreed to a historic climate change treaty at the UN climate change conference. Cars are being blamed for the world’s increasing air pollution problems.
In defence of automobile companies, they have recognised this issue and begun to manufacture electric vehicles. These are futuristic alternatives to gas guzzlers that emit hazardous smoke into the air.
BMW has been given its due credit for working on the i8 Electric Vehicle (EV) model, available in India for upwards of Rs 2.5 crore.
BMW has also been working towards providing easier access to charging stations for EV users worldwide and has been awarded the Momentum for Change award by the United Nations for their efforts.
In addition to making the electric-hybrid i8 and i3 models, the company has also made efforts to set up charging stations for EVs in more than 25 countries that comprises 3,000 DC and 1,300 AC charging points. The partners with whom the BMW Group cooperates include ten providers of green electricity as well as four manufacturers of solar power installations for carports along with house and garage roofs.
One of the initiatives by the German automaker, called ChargeNow, consists of more than 38,000 publicly-accessible charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The stations are run by different operators and also provide cashless payment and billing to customers via the ChargeNow card and mobile application by the same name.
Perhaps it is time that our government takes inspiration and starts working towards making alternative fuel sources more accessible to the public.
As of now, anyone who wishes to help the environment by using an EV, is faced with a severe shortage of charging stations within the mileage range that the car provides.
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