MUMBAI: Tata Motors plans to set up a network of 500 public fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in five cities in the next 24 months in partnership with Tata Power to address potential EV buyers’ concerns over per-charge range and long charging time.The first 300 of these fast-charging stations will come up by the end of this fiscal across key locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, the Mumbai-based carmaker announced on Friday.“The top three barriers to EV adoption are price, range anxiety and (lack of) charging infrastructure. Without an ecosystem in place, you can't see demand in the market,” Shailesh Chandra, president of the electric mobility business at Tata Motors, told ET. “From a consumer perspective… they will know that something has started getting in motion now and they can think of buying electric cars.”The development is in sync with the government's push towards electric mobility. This is the first major private initiative in this space. The companies refused to reveal financial details of the move.Tata Motors chairman N Chandrasekaran had earlier this week said the company plans to launch four electric cars in the coming 18 months. These include the electric variants of the Tigor, Nexon, upcoming hatchback Altroz, and another unnamed vehicle. The cars will have a range of upwards of 200 km in a single charge. So far, Tata Motors has sold Tigor EV exclusively to government and private fleets. These cars have a claimed range of about 140 km per charge.
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