The electrifying reality: Govt must chalk out an EV road map

Betting solely on batteries and EVs may not be the best solution at achieving zero emission automobiles

The government has set a rather ambitious target of 2030 by when all new cars sold in India have to be electric. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has instead proposed a more realistic target of 40 per cent of new vehicle sales in the country to be pure electric by 2030, with the aim of getting to 100 per cent all-electric by 2047.
 
Are either achievable? And why this obsession with electric vehicles (EVs)? Because the tail pipe emission of an EV is zero in pollution terms. So, are EVs the only ones that can deliver zero emission? Shouldn’t it be the government’s priority