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Electric Vehicles Drift To Infrastructure Constraints

By By: Vicky.in
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The car makers are going agog to promote electric vehicles on one side; on the other side, there are infrastructure constraints available for framing such technology. The major hitches identified in reference to the electric vehicles are parking lots, feasible electricity, conditioned roads and charger stations. The Deputy Managing Director (Marketing) of Toyota Kirloskar Motors said these factors come on the way of feeding large number of emission free vehicles. He suggested for providing necessary amount of charger stations and the government shall make required action. Beyond these constraints, he added, the pricing too faces a major problem. These views were corroborated by the President and CEO of Fiat India. He expressed that before installing facilities for making electric vehicles in India, there must be complete building of proper infrastructure. He called for the change in the people"s mindset for promoting such zero emission vehicles.

Same sort of views were replicated by the people from GM, asking for the government"s initiative for new policies for electric vehicles. The company"s VP for India said that such moves will end up with the reduction in the price of the vehicles and encourage the makers to come out with more models. He narrated the hesitation in launching the electric vehicles in India due to infrastructure constraints but expressed the willingness to join the foray once the facilities are sufficiently erected.

Mahindra Motors, after acquiring the Bangalore-based Reva Electric Motor, has launched its electric Revai for Rs3.10 lakhs but still is not up to the expectation. The company is making efforts to erect a new plant in Bangalore with the capacity of 30000 units a year. Mahindra Reva aims to grow with its launch to reach the target of 3600 units in another 18 months ( the current sale volume is 1200 units). For this, the company is understood, development in infrastructure is more needed. The company"s Chief Operations Officer said the company feels to tap the customers now, which is the right time by rectifying the necessary infrastructure constraints. As an ad hoc set up, Mahindra is building local charging points in select cities by getting tie-up with Anil Ambani Group"s BSES in Delhi. By this, there will be local charger points and he demanded the all out support from the government.

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Article Published On: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 15:46 [IST]
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