Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked Indian companies to boost their electric vehicle technology and find alternatives to lithium-ion batteries to make India the largest manufacturing hub in the world for electric vehicles. He said the world is now no more interested in doing business with China.
“I am confident that in five years Indian will become the number one hub for manufacturing electric buses, cars and two-wheelers. There is also a blessing in disguise that majority of countries are not interested in dealing with China anymore. So, now there is a huge potential for India,” Gadkari said.
He was talking at a webinar, titled ‘India’s electric vehicle roadmap post COVID-19’. Gadkari’s push for making India self-reliant in EV production comes amid heightened tensions between India and China following the border clash on the intervening night of June 15-16 that left 20 Indian Army soldiers dead.
