India Aims to End The Sale Of Petrol And Diesel Cars By 2030
- India aims to have an all-electric car fleet by 2030
- Government plans to introduce EVs in a mass scale in next 3 years
- A new policy for promotion of electric vehicles is under planning
Addressing the CII Annual Session 2017, Goyal said, "We are going to introduce electric vehicles in a very big way. We are going to make electric vehicles self-sufficient like UJALA. The idea is that by 2030, not a single petrol or diesel car should be sold in the country." Goyal was also pretty hopeful and said that the government could aid the electric industry in the initial 2-3 years to ease the transition from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles before the industry stabilises.
Goyal also spoke about the government's plan to introduce electric vehicles (EV) in India on a massive scale within the next 3 years. The government will be building charging infrastructure and battery swapping programmes to achieve this goal.
undefinedTime you got out here Elon. You don't want to leave that whole market to Mahindra do you?? The more the merrier--and greener..! https://t.co/IPoA9viDRN
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 2, 2017
Currently, the electric vehicle market is highly niche with only Mahindra Electric offering all-electric cars in India. For the time being it is the only carmaker which manufactures all-electric cars, which is why Anand Mahindra extended an invite to Tesla's superboss Elon Musk recently to set shop in India. Musk has been in two minds about coming to India. While in one of his tweets he does mention that the company will be launching in India by the end of 2017, while also opening bookings for the Model 3 for Indians, on the other he mentions that the company won't come be coming to India anytime soon. There's no confirmation yet from Tesla about when it'll hit Indian shores but we expect it to be here by next year.
undefinedTime you got out here Elon. You don't want to leave that whole market to Mahindra do you?? The more the merrier--and greener..! https://t.co/IPoA9viDRN
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 2, 2017
Beside electric cars, the hybrid vehicle market is in a much better position with several manufacturers like Toyota, Volvo and BMW offering either conventional hybrids or plug-in hybrids in the country. Carmaker's like Tesla and Nissan have already announced their plan to enter the Indian market with products like the Model 3 and Leaf respectively. And if the government's plan succeeds then we are likely to see a surge of other global brands enter the Indian market with their electric fleet.
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