Is India ready for Electric Vehicles?

I want to question you guys if India is ready for EVs why does every state has different subsidy for EVs? Why subsidies aren't common for all of India and we also don't have that much amount of electricity produced in-house? So there will be a scarcity of electricity.

And this will let to an increase in the cost of electricity which will affect people who don't even have money to buy a car.

I agree with this point that India is ready for electric vehicles because We know that vehicles using petrol and diesel release the co2 gas which is harmful for the environment and being the most populous country in the world India demands a huge number of vehicles. Using petrol and diesel creates a devastating effect on the environment and therefore, the Indian government taking steps to increase the production of EV Vehicles, Moreover, The Govt is also taking steps to encourage people to use EV Vehicles because they won't affect our environment.

Adding to this, The Govt already built EV Vehicle charging stations across every city and highway so that the journey of people can not be stop whoever using EV vehicles. The cost of EV Vehicles is also going down and a large number of people already took part in this step of saving the environment.

Overall, India is ready for this shift and making progress towards electric vehicles.

Good Afternoon!

I'm Lokesh Palaiya. As the topic of discussion is "whether India is ready for Electric Vehicles or not".

As per the current scenario, India as a developing Nation gradually gaining its momentum in order to sustain or declare Itself Vishvguru (World Power). If we talk about like Electric Vehicle sector out of many. According to the United Nations and other government and private newsletters, we have come to know that vehicles completely operated on Petrol and diesel are prime to consume vast amount of energy resources and as a result making our environment filled with numerous types of diseases caused by pollution such noise pollution, air pollution and water pollution during crude stage. In this contest, Each and every developed and developing economy are trying it's hard to go completely carbon less for Which Indian PM Modi has a mandate or vision to make India Carbon free till 2030 in order to have completed his ambitions Government has come up with discerning and insightful schemes to subsidize Private Vehicle manufacturing companies If they produce the targeted amount of vehicles as per the govt requisite and sale it to the consumer. But recently we are some issues in adopting EVs because of the high cost of battery which usually takes around 22-24 hours for a full charge. And issues like lack of EV stations cause they are only available in highly economically stable metropolitan cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Kolkata but not even a single trace of station in Tier 2 or Tier 3 cities.

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Good evening everyone,

To say if India is ready for EVs or not, to answer this let's ask if any country is prepared for EVs or not, this is more suitable according to most of the surveys and charts we are still dependent on fossil fuels for most part of electricity generation which we need in charging the EV's battery and many other natural resources which are being used in the manufacturing of batteries and whole process of manufacturing of EV, whether it be directly or indirectly, all EV nowadays to say if any country is ready for EV the answer will be no let alone India no doubt our government is working hard to achieve such a noble cause in the reduction of pollution but as of now the actual work is not even started as per the vision of all the upcoming goals there's no doubt we are also working on the sector to reduce the use of fossil fuels but there is no good results globally, as of now any country is not able to reduce the amount of fossil fuel we use in electricity generation but instead it as only grown since last few decades but still there is a hope if not by 2030 then by 2040 we will not just be ready but will be seeing future of EV globally.

Yes definitely, India is ready for EVs.

We see in India, every year there are more than 1 million EVs are sold. The government is trying to promote EVs. Gov. Started to build futuristic projects like 4 to 6-lane highways with 1-2 lanes for heavy EVs like trucks, and buses. In Gujarat, Gov. Replace all public transportation buses with EV buses, now we can also see EV auto in many states, in Gujarat Govt is giving 70% subsidies to install solar roof panels. So production of the electricity can increase. In India, new reserves for LI are now found in J & K as well as Rajasthan too. Govt is not taking TAXs to buy EVs. So, now India can reduce co2 emission by 37% till 2030 as per the NITI Aayog report, as a result of this we can decrease the petrol and diesel use by 150 mega tones. There are many startups started based on EVs and EV charging stations now.

EVs are quieter (as result of low noise pollution) than normal IC engine vehicles and have more torque as well as pickup. By TATA customers only reduced co2 emissions and save 2. 5 L tones of co2. Many companies are now launching EVs like mahindra& Mahindra, TATA, OLA, Ather and many more. The cost of the ev is also now being reduced and people are now replacing vehicles by EVs.

But, some disadvantages are also there in EVs like safety, charging time, range, and power stations. Here we have to improve with modern technology. But if we use coal to produce electricity then there is no such meaning to use EV. Our goal is to reduce the use of fossil fuels but as of now no good results globally. We have to use minimum energy to Li battery production.

Yeah, in my opinion, the Indian government is ready for the introduction of e-vehicles because of the greatest technology in the automobile industry. As we are one of the developing countries in the world we also have an idea of introducing e-vehicles and in order to introduce such vehicles, our government has also planned to restructure the ways of transportation.

One of the major advantages of e-vehicle is that it reduce the pollution and also increases the electric power production in the country.

Hello Everyone.

India has a great future in the field of Electric vehicles but I don't think we are completely ready now. Recently India discovered 5.9 million tonnes of lithium in Jammu and Kashmir but having lithium and using lithium both are different things. We need a proper infrastructure for making lithium batteries but we have only one infrastructure that is yet to be completed we also need infrastructure for recycling lithium-ion batteries, and skilled labour for making these batteries. In spite of having less lithium compared to some other countries, China is not one in order to produce lithium-ion batteries, so the question is, how could China achieve this? The simple answer is because of the infrastructure and skilled labour China has.

If we want to become ready for EVs we have to work on infrastructure and have to develop expertise in order to produce lithium-ion battery in India.

Hi, My name is Ritika Agrawal.

The topic given to us for the discussion is "IS INDIA READY FOR EVs".

In my viewpoint, it is a topic of current relevance and It's a big yes that India is ready for electric vehicles.

EV cars include lower running costs, environmental benefits, and reduced dependence on foreign oil.

Some insurance companies offer special EV car insurance policies that provide coverage for battery damage. It also offers add-on covers such as personal accident cover and third-party liability cover.

The government of India has also introduced the income tax section 80EEB to provide tax incentives to electric car buyers. Electric car buyers are entitled to tax exemptions up to 1.5 lakhs on the loan amount.

Our India being an emerging country is adopting an EV car as a primary source of transportation.

Good evening everyone.

In my point of view, for the topic of whether India is ready for EVs or not is that India is not ready the complete transition from fossil fuel vehicles to EVs. The reason is that India doesn't have the infrastructure for manufacturing EV cars. As India majorly depends upon the import of Lithium. Secondly, EVs also need energy to recharge Nowadays, India is facing scarcity of electricity. These are some major problems that India has to overcome.

In my point of view, Electric Vehicle in daily use is a very important one to reduce (Co2) effect on our environment we use of e-vehicles helps to reduce costs basis also, due to the present increase in fuel prices.