Electric vehicle technology will evolve: SIAM

“Refreshing of EV products will happen for the next 10 years because this is a new ecosystem including customers,” said Mahesh Babu, Chairman, SIAM Electric Mobility Group.

“And there’s going to be new technology. It is going to evolve in a period of time like we witnessed the transition from landline telephony to mobile phones,” he added during the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers during the 12th Lecture Series on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India: Development, Testing and Homologation.

Thanks to the continuous air pollution that is affecting our cities, the government of India is pushing for electric vehicles as a cleaner form of mobility. However, some challenges remain – like the high cost of acquisition,