All-electric vehicle plans lack infra support: Bosch Chairman Volker Denner

Bosch, which is one of the leading players in internal combustion engine (ICE), said the firm had invested heavily into electric engines apart from upgrading its ICE portfolio

India’s aspiration to make the country an all-electric vehicle market in the coming decade seemed to be a far cry, given the poor state of infrastructure to support growth of these vehicles, Volker Denner, chairman of Bosch Group, said on Wednesday.
 
Denner, who is currently visiting India, said the country should rather go for the adoption of e-vehicles in a phased manner. “I think the infrastructure is far too short. To have e-vehicles in this time period, first you need to have electric grids and second, you have to build charging stations,” said Denner. He said adequate transition period