- E-scooter proprietor Vish Ganti hauls to fifth floor condominium to recharge automobile.
- There is shortage of charging points in building.
- Ganti says his act was image of protest and others shouldn’t attempt it.
The proprietor of an electric scooter in Bengaluru carried his automobile to the fifth floor of his condominium building to recharge it in his kitchen, Zee News reported.
Due to the shortage of charging points in the building, Vish Ganti needed to take this excessive step.
After requesting his condominium group a number of occasions to let him set up EV charging points, Ganti gave up and determined to recharge his bike at dwelling.
Ganti, who’s the Vice President of Product Management & GM AutoGrid India, stated that this was an act of protest. He took to LinkedIn and stated that he needed ‘to create consciousness of this floor actuality.
In his publish, Ganti added, “Everyone needs to be educated about the importance of EV charging infrastructure […] how do residential communities and common people understand the intricacies of living with an EV.”
He requested readers to not attempt what he did due to the dangers related to the act. He emphasised that he simply needs to create consciousness. “Please don’t try this yourself. There are real risks from shock and fire. This post is only to generate awareness amongst the EV community,” he wrote.
Even although Bangalore is normally known as the EV capital of India, many individuals associated to his publish, and a few shared that they selected to not get electric autos due to the identical difficulty.
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) had promised to put in 140 electric automobile charging stations throughout Bengaluru. Problems, nevertheless, are nonetheless widespread.