Electric Vehicles- The need of modern and green India


WHY EV?

With every car being sold in India there is an increase in pollution level, metro cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and soon are fighting with pollution and the air quality is extremely unhealthy there. But what is the solution for the pollution that is rising exponentially, we cannot stop buying cars or use it as it has become a necessity and a core part of our life. There are various methods to control pollution and one of them is the use of EV (Electric Vehicles).

Vehicles move through Delhi- Gurugram Expressway amid dense smog and with increasing air pollution, in Gurugram on October 29.
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THE ROAD MAP AHEAD

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Auto Expo 2018, Greater Noida showed the shift of automakers approach to Ev from conventional vehicle. Almost every automaker having their stall in the expo had one or more cars that run on electricity. Yes, most of them were in their nascent stage and are still in works but the message was clear and loud that the future is EV. Tata Motors, a homegrown manufacturer which showed a remarkable turnaround was one of the key players who were keen to enter the market with EV’s variant of their popular models such as Tiago Ev, Tigor Ev, Nexon Ev and soon to be launched Altroz Ev.

What most people in India associate Ev’s is Tesla but that’s not a common man’s alternative to a petrol-powered vehicles. When Tesla plans to enter Indian market, it would only pamper buyers whose buying capacity is high i.e. the luxury segment. Hence Tesla is not something that’s going to bring a revolution in Indian car market, instead what can bring a transformation is mass market manufacturer. By that I mean cars under 20 lacs that’s the price bracket in which most of the cars sold in India.

EV’s TODAY

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There are numerous numbers of Electric Vehicles running in the nation from buses, fleet cars and passenger vehicles, government is giving subsidy on purchase of Electric Vehicles for fleet owners. Its fleet is small and sold only 7.6 lacs vehicles in FY19.
NITI AYOG plans to set a deadline of 2023 and 2025 of 100% electrification of two-wheelers and three-wheelers respectively. But at present time when the country is facing its worst slowdown and the auto industry struggling to survive and the Bharat Stage Norms to hit by April 2020 there would a Rs 50000 to 1.5 lakhs increment in vehicle prices depending upon the fuel of vehicle the time for transformation is going to be very difficult.

PROBLEMS AHEAD FOR EV TRANSITION

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a) There is no such EV ecosystem-charging infrastructure, battery cells, motors and controllers etc.
b) There is huge shortage of electricity in India, a huge section of society in remote places don’t have 24*7 electricity supply even today.
c)The condition of economy and particularly auto industry is experiencing its worst sales ever in the recent times. Apart from that the premium that EV will charge over a conventional vehicle, will the deal be valuable to the customers or EV’s would be overlooked by customers is still to be seen.
d)Since all the important component’s that will go on to build electric ecosystem are mostly made in India , will India again turn into a dumping ground for Chinese imports.

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