Nitin Gadkari feels that EVs will overtake ICEs by 2050
Nitin Gadkari feels that EVs will overtake ICEs by 2050: Speaking at the HT Auto EV Conclave, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari backed the country's advancement in the electric vehicle (EV) mission . He noted that support; encouragement and awareness for EVs provided via central and state governments' EV policies, subsidies, incentives and exemptions have played an important role in India's adoption and progress towards electric mobility. The minister also urged various industry stakeholders to come together to make India the world's largest EV manufacturing and supplying hub. Confident that EVs will overtake fossil-fuel-run vehicles by 2050, Gadkari said, "Both battery electric vehicle and fuel-cell vehicle technologies are complementary to each other and are all set to overtake fossil-run automotive by 2050." Gadkari also elaborated how affordability of electric vehicles is linked to localisation of EV parts as well ...