Accelerating

Electric Mobility
in India
Amit Bhatt
Director, Integrated Transport
WRI India
amit.bhatt@wri.org
IMPROVED AIR QUALITY IN INDIAN CITIES

14
Out of the 15 most
polluted cities of the
world are in India

36%
Of NOx emissions
in Delhi were due to
vehicles in 2016

25% Of PM2.5 emissions

in Delhi were due to
vehicles in 2016

The Economist, 2018

POTENTIAL GAINS FROM EV
Social, Environmental and Economic
Increases
Promotes Enhances Plant Load Technologica
Better air GHG
renewables energy Factor l leadership
quality mitigation
security

Towards a
Improving Through EV Reduces Increases Position India
greener
public health batteries imported fuel efficiency of as a leader in
India
in cities use in transport power plants auto-tech
sector
Growth in Electric Vehicle Growth Projections

Source: IEA 2018

COMPOSITION OF THE VEHICLE FLEET
Percentage of cars sold in India
Domestic Auto Sales in India 2012 to 2018

2017-18
Passenger
Vehicles
Commercial 2016-17
Vehicles
Three Wheelers 2015-16
Two Wheelers
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Below ₹500,000 ₹500K to 1 million

₹1 to 1.5 million Above ₹1.5 million
• 98% of the vehicles:
– small and affordable vehicles (two-wheelers and economy cars)
– public transport
– goods vehicles (three-wheelers, small goods vehicles, buses and trucks)
• Only 2% of the vehicles are high end cars, unlike in developed countries
SIAM 2017, Jhunjhunwala and Kaur 2018
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trip s are
a reofolength greater
f le ng th g re a te r
16%
16% tha n 10
than 10kmkm

Census
C e n su s2011
2011
ELECTRIC MOBILITY FORUM

Convening Mentoring Scaling

Center for Battery Engineering EVs (CBEEV),
IIT Madras
PILLARS OF AN ELECTRIC MOBILITY ECOSYSTEM

RE-ENERGISING
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
SYSTEMS
All-electric, plug-in hybrid,
Charging and swapping
hybrid
infrastructure

4 Pillars

BATTERIES OTHER FACTORS

Lithium Ion batteries – NMC, Manufacturing capacity,
LTO, LFP research and development,
Battery Management System power grid
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