With a view to increase sustainable tourism and promote the adoption of electric vehicles, Sunfuel Electric and Radisson Hotel Group further extended their partnership by installing a 22 kW AC EV charger at Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi Airport, on occasion of World EV Day 2022. This is an extension of the Radisson Hotel Group’s partnership with SunFuel to EV-enable its portfolio of 100+ hotels across South Asia. The Group is building on its long heritage of sustainability through its commitment to setting science-based emission reduction targets and aims to achieve a net zero carbon future by 2050.
The hospitality sector at large has been keen to encourage the use of EVs among travelers especially given the rise of road travel to explore nearby destinations. Given RHG’s widely spread domestic network and presence in 60+ locations across India, it is a significant enabler for road travel with one hotel every four hours.
(Team Sunfuel Electric, with the newly inaugurated 22 kW AC Charger at Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi Airport)
Speaking on the occasion, Nitin Kapur, Managing Director, Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport said, “We are thrilled to be the first hotel to install the electric vehicle charger at Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport and to unveil the same on this memorable day of World EV Day. Along with numerous other continuing efforts to minimize carbon emissions at our level, the RHG-SunFuel association is one little step we have taken in the direction of sustainability that will help make the world a cleaner, greener, and healthier place”.
The inauguration was attended by Inge Huijbrechts - Global Senior Vice President Sustainability, Security, and Corporate Communications for Radisson Hotel Group who said “As one of the leading hospitality companies we have a vision to facilitate responsible tourism and travel. We do this with our own sustainability strategy and commitment to Net Zero, and by offering sustainable value propositions to our guests such as this brand-new network of EV chargers. We are proud to be playing a leadership role to establish a framework to grow sustainable travel, give back to nature and build a climate-conscious community of travelers.” 
(From L to R: Zubin Saxena, MD & VP, Operations, South Asia, Radisson Group, Nitin Kapur, MD, Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi Airport, Gul Panag, Co-founder and head of partnerships & community, Sunfuel Electric, Inge Huijbrechts - Global Senior Vice President Sustainability, Security, and Corporate Communications, Radisson Hotel Group & Sudhir Nayak, co-founder & chief driver, Sunfuel Electric)
The design of the chargers has been developed with the help of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Department of Design) and the technology inside the chargers is powered by Siemens. Every Radisson hotel in India will be equipped with one charger each, to begin with. However, as EV adoption increases, four EV chargers will eventually be installed in each hotel to ensure adequate availability.
