Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) chairman SM Vaidya has announced that the state-run firm will set up over 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations across the country in the next 3 years.
Indian Oil has taken the decision in order to boost green mobility in India.
“We will be setting up 10,000 EV charging stations in the next three years,” said Vaidya.
“2000 EV charging stations will be established in the next 12 months and another 8000 in the next two years to achieve the target of 10,000 EV charging stations in the next three years,” the IOCL chairman said.
On the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras, Indian Oil presented two unique customer-centric offerings to delight Indian Oil patrons across the country.
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On Tuesday, the company rolled out the cleaner and greener diesel XtraGreen to 126 fuel stations across 63 cities in the country and also launched IndianOil’s fuel gift card, One4U.
The rollout of XtraGreen and the launch of One4U was done in the presence of Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman and other senior officials of Indian Oil, including Dr SS V Ramakumar, Director (Research & Development and Petrochemical and Business Development) and V Satish Kumar, Director (Marketing).
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Chairman Vaidya commenced the sale of XtraGreen at an Indian Oil fuel station in Agra.
Speaking during the launch of this green fuel offering, Indian Oil chairman Vaidya said, “XtraGreen is in sync with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s commitment to steer India towards a greener tomorrow, constant reduction of carbon emission and gradual achievement of the net-zero goal by 2070.”
“This also underlines IndianOil’s unwavering commitment to provide niche and specialized solutions to the environmentally sensitive market segments while continuously enhancing the user experience,” he added.