The Electric vehicle market is expected to witness a phenomenal growth in the coming years. Increasing rise in pollution level and increase government support will boost the adoption of electric vehicles in India.
In India, the transport sector emits an estimated 261 Tg of Carbon dioxide, of which 94.5% is contributed by road transport. This pollution has a concrete effect on the saily life of citizens
There is no simple answer to the problem of air pollution. A situation as bad as India’s must be addressed in a holistic manner. One obvious solution to this problem is reducing the amount of co2 emissions form traditional vehicles by encouraging the use of electric vehicles.
However, while the idea of electric vehicles sounds enticing but in reality EVs come with fair share of concerns. The biggest problem of EVs is the electric supply required to run the vehicle that is when this electric vehicles become widely used, it would require an unprecedented amount of electricity. By 2040, global electricity consumption from EVs is estimated to grow to 1800 Twh. This would result in an extra 510 megatons of carbon emissions coming from the electricity sector worldwide.
Currently, India is heavily dependent on coal as primary source of energy. Despjte of some efforts by the government to promote renewable sources- a plan to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022- India still would depend on coal for almost 48% of its energy requirements by 2040.
Another huge problem is if the country’s electricity grid will be able to handle a future in which electric vehicles are widespread in the country. India would need to modernize its power grids and substations to handle the power requirements of the electric vehicles. One of the solution woud be overnight slow charging. But to have a fully functional EV future India must improve its power supply system so that charging stations can be set up everywhere in the country.
Another problem in India is that there are traffic rules bt majority of the population don’t follow them and the condition of roads is awful. And, since in the future most of the electric cars will be self driving or will have drive assist it will be impossible for the cars to drive itself in such conditions. So India first needs to develop its roads, power grids and set up charging stations.
Finally, while EVs when implemented properly do have there own environmental benefits. But to implement the EVs properly India has to make various changes in its system like increasing the efficiency of the power grids for proper electricity production, improvement in its road conditions and decreasing the dependency on coal.
Atlast, the EV industry in its current stage is far from ideal and currently India is not in a condition to implement the Electric vehicle industry in full fledge. But in the coming future there will be a tremendous growth in the EV market.
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