Efforts to promote the growth of electric vehicles

Electric vehicles today are not a surprise its there since the 1800s when the first car was made. Till that time to today, there is a major difference whether in technology, adoption or acceptance of electric vehicles. One of the major concern that people are looking forward to choosing electric vehicles is the environment. As we can see natural destructions, disasters everywhere people have become more conscious of their healths. People are preferring more electric vehicles than fossil fuel vehicles, as the ICE vehicles are one of the reasons for air and noise pollutions in the world. Let us see the efforts made by the growth of electric vehicles. 

Growth of electric vehicles

Electric vehicles have become popular by their unique features of zero emissions, quiet and speed. They are becoming a new trend and is definitely a future trend. As we are already witnessing the rapid growth of electric vehicles since 2019 starting 10 months itself the sales of the electric vehicles accounted for 2.2 per cent of the global vehicle market. In 2018 there were more than 5 million electric vehicles worldwide which are an increase of 63 per cent in the previous year.

But this year in 2020 due to global coronavirus pandemic and economic challenges the sales of global electric vehicles have been dropped by 43 per cent. However, it will gradually pick up as there will be improvements in the economy. As the governments across the globe are playing a major role to promote and to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the world.

Governments efforts to promote the growth of EV

India

Many of India’s state has announced the electric vehicles policy to promote the growth of eco-friendly vehicles by providing various incentives for electric vehicles, EV charging infrastructure, etc, to achieve the target to become a manufacturing hub and 30% of electric vehicles on road by 2030.

Recently the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the government of India has announced the sales and registrations of electric vehicles without batteries to create an ecosystem to accelerate the uptake of the electric mobility in the country. 

Factors that help in the growth of electric vehicles in India

To promote public transport in the State, the State government of Assam issued a tender for 50 new electric buses. In that 40 will be air-conditioned and 10 will be non-AC buses. The Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) made a proposal and as per it, the interested bidders should make earnest money deposit (EMD) of Rs 1 crore latest by September 1, 2020.

UK

Similarly, the UK is also preparing transition towards electric vehicles by ending the sales of new combustion engine-powered cars and vans to 2035. Whereas if see Dubai, the owners can now charge their electric vehicles for free until the end of 2021 as part of a move by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and Road Transport Authority to boost sales. So that half of the vehicles will be electric by 2040.

Regional Victoria

Regional Victoria will receive a boost to its electric car-friendly infrastructure courtesy of a $664,000 state government project, which will see more than 15 charging stations installed in towns across the state’s north-west to promote green tourism.

California

Consumer and environmental organizations are joining forces with electric vehicle manufacturers to support urgently needed legislation to allow California consumers to access zero-emission electric vehicles through innovative, affordable, short-term, renewable memberships.

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, Democrat from Torrence, and Sen. Ben Allen, Democrat from Santa Monica, are championing Assembly Bill 326, which would establish a framework for “Electric Vehicle Memberships” and provide easy access to EVs by allowing manufacturers to offer short-term memberships to consumers.

The memberships will include registration, maintenance, charging and an insurance option, and provide a more affordable alternative to buying, leasing, or renting an electric vehicle with no long-term financial commitment.

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Canada

The federal government has announced that 28 of the most popular Parks Canada locations now have Tesla-donated electric vehicle charging stations. The Minister of Environmental and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Minister responsible for Parks Canada made the announcement that these stations are now available for visitors to use.

In May 2019, the Government of Canada committed to “having charging station infrastructure at or near 25 of the most popular Parks Canada places across the country by 2021 but the goal has already been met by Parks Canada. Their next goal is to set into place to double the number of destinations offering charging stations to the 50 most popular places by 2025.

Tasmania

Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Alison Standen, said the opportunities from Tasmania becoming a national leader in electric vehicles were greater than ever.

“Labor’s COVID-19 Recovery Package supports the expansion of electric vehicle charging stations around the state,” Ms Standen said. “We encourage the State Government to partner with tourism operators to incentivise the installation of charging stations to complement the network that has slowly been growing in recent years.

The Labor is also calling on the Government to work with rental car companies to add electric vehicles to their fleets.

Companies efforts to promote the growth of EV

Okaya Power collaborated with Prakriti E-Mobility

Okaya Power has announced that it has made a partnership with India’s largest four-wheeler fleet operators Prakriti E-Mobility Private Limited to provide enough EV charging stations for their fleet operations. This EV chargers charge fast and are high energy density and low in weight. It provides noise and pollution free first and last-mile connectivity solutions.

Similarly, Okaya Power has made an announcement that it has become a core member of the Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN E.V.) which is an open coalition of world-class firms within the electric vehicle (EV) industry. This moved is taken to support the Combined Charging System (CCS) as a global standard for EV charging which focuses on charging and promoting eco-friendly mobility in the country.

Pure EV new electric scooter launch 

An electric vehicle start-up, Pure EV incubated by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad has launched its new electric scooter ‘ETrance+’ which is priced at Rs 56,999 (ex-showroom). It is equipped with a 1.25 kWh portable battery which provides a range of 65 kilometres. 

Detel EV

India’s popular Startup Detel India who launches the cheapest phone and cheapest LED television in India. It has now launched India’s cheapest electric scooter named as Detel EV. The company claims that this electric scooter is said to be the world’s most economical electric vehicle.

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