BHEL to be nodal agency for building new EV super app
New Delhi: State-owned
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL) will be the nodal agency for developing a
unified digital super app
to serve as a single platform for Electric Vehicle (EV) users across India. An official statement said the app will feature real-time slot booking, payment integration, charger availability status, and progress dashboards for tracking national deployment under the
PM E-Drive scheme
.
BHEL will also coordinate with states and ministries to compile and evaluate proposals for charger installations, the statement added.
The decision to entrust BHEL with this task was taken during a meeting to review the PM E-Drive scheme. With financial outlay of ₹2,000 crore, the scheme aims to support installation of approximately 72,000 EV public charging stations across the country. The stations will be deployed along 50 national highway corridors, within high-traffic destinations such as metro cities, toll plazas, railway stations, airports, etc.
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