Electric Vehicles

Promoting electric bike-taxis for clean transportation in India India has been and continues to be a proponent of Shared Mobility. The country has low penetration of cars and relies instead on public transit and intermediate public transport, two-wheelers, and walking and cycling for its daily travel needs. With this context, India must turn its attention to the humble yet all-pervasive two-wheeler (2W) as a means of mass transportation. Deploying motorbikes as taxis or bike-taxis in Indian cities and towns can…

Targets in State Policies Need to Complement National EV Forecasts The automobile industry, especially the Electric Vehicle market, is growing at a rapid pace in India. Government policies (FAME-related), participation of start-ups in manufacturing, and the simultaneous growth in charging infrastructure has fuelled faster adoption of Electric Vehicles. A report by Government of India’s think-tank NITI Aayog, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Initiative (RMI) India, analyses that if FAME II and other measures are successful, India could realize EV sales…

Charging Stations – Requirement of more than 20 lakh on the anvil India is at the cusp of witnessing the most prominent transition in the automotive space – that of traditional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) driven market to a new era of EVs. The pace of EV adoption, though slow, is steady. Post witnessing a small dip in sales in FY2021, the EV sales surged more than 200% in FY2022. In fact, FY2022 was the first year that witnessed EV…

Battery Swapping Policy (2022) – Laying Groundwork for Future Battery Accessibility The Government of India allowed sales and registration of EVs without batteries in August 2020. The immediate outcome of this announcement is the reduction in upfront costs of an electric two-wheeler (E2W) and electric three-wheeler (E3W) as battery accounts for 30-40 percent of an electric vehicle’s cost. One of the other linked outcomes of this decision is the promotion battery swapping in India. Battery swapping is an alternative which…