How much does India’s EV ambition depend on design?
Two recent NITI Aayog reports highlight a critical gap in India’s EV push: while policy has focused on adoption, the underlying infrastructure for shared and commercial mobility remains underdeveloped. Public charging at depots, interoperable batteryswapping systems, and corridorlevel planning for trucks and buses are still missing pieces. This reveals a deeper issue — India is designing for private vehicles faster than for public systems. India’s EV transition is less a technology challenge and more a design challenge. The next phase will depend on how well invisible systems-charging networks, standards, logistics flows are coordinated at scale. Innovation here is not about better vehicles, but about designing infrastructure for shared, high-volume mobility. Once again, design is not explicitly mentioned but the real gap is exactly that: the absence of cohesive system design for India’s EV future. News Source: Business Standard
News Source: Business Standard