- Hotels across India are now installing EV charging stations across India.
- 96% of Indian travelers say that sustainable travel is important to them.
Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi International Airport launched an EV charging point onworld EV day .- The approximate cost to fully charge a 90 kilowatt electric vehicle is ₹4,000.
One of the steps being taken is the installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the hotel premises to promote sustainable tourism.
According to a Global Sustainable Tourism Council report, 96% of Indian travellers identified sustainable travel as important to them. Currently, India has a total of 1,640 operational public EV chargers but private companies are also helping to install EV chargers.
In Delhi, for instance, travellers staying at the
This is an extension of the group’s partnership with Sunfuel last year to set up EV charging infrastructure across its portfolio of over 100 hotels in South Asia.
“There has been an increase in travel in cars since the pandemic and we are catering to that population. There is a Radisson hotel every four hours, and we are positive that this will solve range anxiety amongst EV owners. The hotel group aims to install at least four EV chargers in each hotel ranging from Kashmir to Kanyakumari,” said Zubin Saxena, managing director, South Asia at Radisson Hotel Group.
Other premium chains are also encouraging electric vehicle usage by installing chargers on premises — a move that will help reduce range anxiety among tourists, particularly avid travellers exploring the length and breadth of the country in their electric vehicles.
For instance, Marriott International has partnered with ChargeZone to install 100 EV charging stations across India in June. amã Stays & Trails, a unit of
Boosting EV infrastructure could go a long way in reducing carbon emissions while also helping the hotel chains meet their net-zero goals.
“Sustainable and green transportation could take away 14% of carbon reduction globally. Radisson aims to achieve net zero emission by 2050. There is a huge misconception that green infrastructure is costly. Over 95% of travellers in Asia Pacific say they want to travel sustainably. The need to promote sustainable travel is complemented with the rise of EVs, especially in India,” said
Pay for EV charging like a metrocard
Hotel chains are trying to make sustainable travel attractive by helping to widen the electric vehicle charging infrastructure and optimising charging costs for the travellers.
For instance, Sunfuel Electric will provide OTC cards for paying for EV charging on the hotel premises. To fully charge a KIA EV car that draws 77kw of electricity, it would approximately cost ₹4,000 and take 7 hours, costing ₹2 per kilometre, claims Sunfuel.
“We already have 60 plus chargers across India and aim to install 300 chargers within the next three months. You can also recharge the OTC card like a metrocard to pay for EV charging with one tap. At Radisson, we will begin with one charger each first,” said Sudhir Nayak, co-founder of SunFuel Electric.
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