Battery swapping and charging stations: Future of mobility

The government’s focus in Budget 2022 on key sectors: infrastructural development, energy transition and climate action, shows a strong connection with the present, addressing today’s immediate challenges and driving recovery while keeping the long-term vision of India at 2047 at the centre of its planning. With regard to the energy transition, the mobility sector is switching from fossil fuels to electricity-powered mobility.

The Indian transport sector currently accounts for the country’s 18% of total energy consumption, according to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, an agency created under the Ministry of Power. As the complete ecosystem is shifting from carbon fuels to clean electricity, the future of e-mobility would depend upon EV charging models. With current technologies, the charging of electric vehicles (EV) appears to be a major challenge.