CEO Centaurus Sardar Yasir Ilyas inaugurated Pakistan’s first electric car chargers  “Today, we are all gathered to inaugurate Pakistan’s first, electric car charger made in Pakistan. The device installed here is made in Pakistan and made by Tesla. This charger has already charged 100 vehicles. This is the first type of charge in the region. Almost all automobile brands are now turning to electric vehicles. Audi, Mercedes, even Chinese manufacturers are now involved in electric vehicles. Many brands in Pakistan have already jumped into making electric vehicles. For example, Mercedes, Range Rover (Land Rover Company) already has electric vehicles. At present this facility has been brought to meet the needs of our customers. That’s because Centaurus has a customer base of about 25 cities. We didn’t want to ignore any of our customers. So with that in mind, if you have an electric car, parking spaces will be available for you. The charger is so smart that you can get appointment time with the mobile application. The user can book a special slot of their choice. The charger has a capacity of 120KWH and it can charge any vehicle to its full capacity in less than 1 hour. 

70% of the parts of this charger are made in Pakistan. In the near future it will be made entirely in Pakistan. There is only one problem in making it fully developed in Pakistan, lack of transfer technology. If the government only makes business friendly rules then we can make this product completely in Pakistan and also export it outside Pakistan. Any European country that makes this product makes it very expensive, because human resources are expensive there. Pakistan is cheaper than other countries. Human resources and raw materials are also cheap in our country. But, in this we need the cooperation of the government of Pakistan. So that we can manufacture such products nationally and implement them in our country and at the same time we can export it. The government should provide us with infrastructure, they can offer us places, they can give us space on lease, and we are ready to install our chargers. However, we will also need the cooperation of business entities to offer us their locations. We have kept this charger free at The Centaurs here. It is a national goal, one that benefits every segment, be it a company, a consumer or a location. If we talk about Tesla, it is one of the few companies that are also working in electric vehicles. Along with chargers, they are also manufacturing electric vehicles in Pakistan. He is also planning to bring sedans to Pakistan next year. The government should further relax the EV policy, reduce the duty. The company is working on research and development, it is also training human resources. This is the research and development of Pakistan. This technology is made in Pakistan, we are not copying anyone. So this is something that is believed to be validated and promoted. So that such businesses can move forward in Pakistan and Pakistani Tesla can be recognized as the real Tesla. We should see in our country, Pakistan has all the resources so such business should be promoted in Pakistan. The Sitar e-Pakistan Awards should be given to businesses and people who are our innovators, to people who promote our talents and our country at the national level, says CEO Centaurus Sardar Yasir Ilyas 

Published by Engr. M. Waqas ur Rehman