HYDERABAD: India’s journey of becoming a country that furthers the production and use of electric vehicles (EV) has several hurdles. The foremost being the lack of availability of lithium, which constitutes the most significant component of an EV, namely the rechargeable battery. As of now, India’s EV production completely relies on imports from China.
“There are very few battery manufacturing units in India. The country is taking efforts to ensure the industry’s growth, to indegenise battery production. The primary focus is on producing lithium-ion batteries,” said Dr VK Saraswat, a NITI Aayog member, while speaking at IIT-H during the launch of ‘EPluto 7G’ on Sunday.
