India’s EV charging needs are nuanced

Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations – both in public and private places – are driving the e-mobility revolution in countries with vast expanses of land like the US and in Europe. On the other hand, Asian countries having a sizeable number of two-wheelers like China and Taiwan are seeing increasing adoption of battery swapping, a process in which discharged batteries in an EV can be replaced with charged ones from swapping stations.

In India too, there has been an endless debate around choosing the ideal mode of charging solution for EVs from the available ones – battery swapping, public charging, charging stations at home or work and fast charging to name a few.