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To bring all-electric vehicle players onto a single platform, the Delhi government has launched an open database facility for EV charging and battery-swapping stations on its ‘Switch Delhi’ portal. Transport minister Kailash Gahlot said the Delhi government created an open database for bus transit in 2021, which was a huge success, and Google, Uber as well as many other companies use the same method. The Delhi Electric Vehicles (EV) policy, which was announced in 2020, states in clause 6.4.2, “An open, publicly-owned…

Increase in fuel prices and a push from the government are behind the rise in sales of electric automobiles in India though two- and three-wheelers still dominate the market as compared to four-wheelers. On World EV Day, News18 spoke to a few industry leaders and experts who shed light on the growing trend in the Indian market. The Popularity Deepak Pahwa, Managing Director at Bry_Air, said Electric Vehicle (EV)s are the way of the future and India is considering the potential of generating an increasing number of EVs in…

While India’s 2030 electric vehicles (EV) target is aggressive, it is not achievable, according to a report by the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) in collaboration with management consulting firm EY-Parthenon and law firm Indus Law. By 2030, the central government expects the EV sales penetration to be 30% for private automobiles, 70% for commercial vehicles, and 80% for two- and three-wheelers. But the IVCA’s report said: “The government has set a target of 80% penetration by 2030, which we feel…