GLIDA Launches Hyderabad’s Largest EV Charging Hub

GLIDA, previously Fortum Charge & Drive India, has launched a new EV charging hub in Shamshabad near Hyderabad airport.

The hub supports simultaneous charging for 102 vehicles and includes six 200KW ultrafast chargers, twenty-eight 60KW CCS2 dual-gun DC chargers, eight 30KW CCS2 dual-gun DC chargers, twenty Type-2 7.4KW AC chargers, and two DC001 dual-gun chargers.

Inaugurated by Industries and IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, this facility is the largest of its kind in Hyderabad and aims to boost electric vehicle adoption.

Ranjan noted that the hub will build user confidence and promote the shift to electric vehicles.

GLIDA executive director Awadhesh K. Jha added that Hyderabad was the site of the company’s first fast public EV charging station, launched with Indian Oil Corporation in July 2018.