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Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi-Jaipur Expressway to turn India’s 1st ‘Electric highway’, trial run of e-vehicles begin. New Delhi: Under the Ease of Doing Business initiative, the National Highway for Electric Vehicles (NHEV) initiated a one-month tech trial run for e-vehicles on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway on Friday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Developed and installed by GPS Renewables with support from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and AeroCare Clean Energy, the EV charging station located at Haji Ali in Mumbai is India’s first to be powered by biogasIt works in tandem with a biomethane plant positioned alongside it.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Delhi-Jaipur highway is expected to be EV ready and operational for public by March 2023 “We aim to develop not only an E-highways network, but also a people-friendly network of 5,000 km by 2024.” NHEV has set up India’s largest electric vehicle charging station in Gurgaon.

Detailed explanation-4: -NEW DELHI : In a first of its kind initiative, the National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV), an organization for promoting electrification of the country’s transportation systems, is constructing a green charging hub along the Jaipur-Delhi-Agra E-highway.