Govts must speed up investments in EV charging infra: Volvo Cars

The electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in India is incomplete and the government authorities — whether at the Centre or the state level — should speed up their investment in this area, said Nick Connor, Head of Asia Pacific region, Volvo Cars, on Tuesday.

Connor said some customers will hold back from buying EVs due to the lack of charging infrastructure in India. “The problem right now is that there are far too few EVs on the road (in India) to really make it commercially viable for third-party companies to make big capital investments in charging areas. But, it (investments) will come,” he told reporters.

“Collectively, if we believe that EVs are the way to go, then we need to bring pressure to bear politically on (government) authorities to encourage the speed of investments in infrastructure,” he said.