India needs at least 1 mn fast chargers to adopt EVs by 2030: Amitabh Kant
The G20 sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant has said that India needs at least one million fast chargers to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.
Niti Aayog would explore technologies and business models to help India leapfrog traditional approaches to passengers' mobility and transportation.
In a two-day workshop, starting February 27, the Aayog woud take up several such issues including advancing passenger mobility and transporation.
The workshop, which was being organized in association with an International NGO, Rocky Mountain Institute, would discuss and develop actionable steps to achieve an advance mobility future.
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“Mobility affects all sections of society and the transformative solutions now emerging will enable India to fulfill its aspirations for growth for all,” said Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
India is at an historic inflection point in global transportation, where new technologies and connectivity will drive a paradigm shift in mobility over the next few decades. Historically, as countries developed, low-occupancy, petrol and diesel based vehicles proliferated, leading to inefficient capital utilization, overburdened infrastructure, urban congestion, and pollution.
On the current path, the number of personal vehicles could increase three- to four-fold in India by 2030, at significant direct and indirect costs to the economy and society, said a senior officer of the Ayog. At the same time, developed markets are testing technologies that could dramatically enhance access to clean and affordable mobility options, he said.
India’s ability to leverage new technologies to design integrated systems of public and private transportation could deliver seamless and convenient connectivity to urban and rural areas in India while creating new jobs, improving the lives of millions of people, and protecting the environment, the Ayog said.
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