First charging station for electric vehicles

IndianOil launches first charging station for electric vehicles among Oil Marketing Companies at Company-owned fuel station in Nagpur

Question: Recently, at which of the following places country’s first electric vehicle charging station has been inaugurated by a public sector fuel marketing company- Indian Oil Corporation Limited?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Nagpur
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • On November 19th, 2017, the public sector fuel marketing company Indian Oil Corporation Limited launched the country’s first electric charging station at one of its petrol/diesel stations in IBI Square, Nagpur (Maharashtra).
  • IOCL established this station in collaboration with Ola.
  • It is noteworthy that Nagpur, being the first city to introduce Electric Public Transportation Model in India, has added one more feather by adding the first Electric Charging Station at Indian Oil’s COCO fuel station.

Reference:
https://www.iocl.com/AboutUs/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=47346&tID=8