Electric vehicles are the future, say experts

‘Right policies and right ecosystem are the need of the hour’
With petrol and diesel going to be more costly and scarce in the days to come, electric cars are the future.

But experts opine that for the electric cars to be successful, there is a need to frame the right policies and create the right ecosystem to enable them to operate on road. They were speaking at a session on ‘The manufacture of generation next vehicles for the global markets’ at the three-day Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit, which began here on Saturday.

Suresh Chettiar of Volvo said technologically-evolved vehicles such as electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles were the future, and it was now up to the auto industry to take the initiative forward.

Founder of Reva Electric Cars Chetan Maini pointed out that the present climate was conducive for introducing electric vehicles in a big way. He said the cost of electric vehicles was coming down, but batteries still continue to be the most costly component. He said a State like Andhra Pradesh, banking on renewable energy, should encourage electric vehicles.

Prahlad Rao of Mahindra & Mahindra focussed on the safety aspect of the next generation vehicles. Abdul Ahmed, an auto expert from Bangladesh, said India should help his country introduce electric vehicles. ‘A.P. proactive’

Source: thehindu