The battery electric vehicles (BEV) technology is currently the preferred choice however, supply-side constraints might prove an obstacle in BEV becoming the only technology for electric mobility as India produces close to 4 million passenger cars and roughly about 30 million mobility products. The cell manufacturing itself is concentrated outside India as it does not have reserves of some of the most important raw material such as lithium, cobalt and nickel which are required for battery manufacturing. India will have to continue to be dependent on imports which could compromise economic mandates and constrain the adoption of BEVs and this is where the hydrogen-powered fuel cell EVs (FCEV) could become a complementing technology in the second phase of electrification in India FCEV uses hydrogen gas to power an electric motor. For larger vehicles, India might swerve towards FCEVs, partly perforce due to supply constraints of lithium-ion and partly driven by economic and market for...

Tata Motors which had bagged a tender from Energy Efficient Services (EESL) for the supply of 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs), has been working collaboratively on various electric and hybrid vehicle solutions in the commercial vehicle segment along with a dedicated EV platform for passengers vehicles. In order to boost its electric mobility business, Tata motors is exploring good partnership and business models to deliver on electric mobility. The intent is go beyond developing and selling electric vehicles and create an eco-system solutions with the help of its partners. The company is in discussion with Tata Power for charging infrastructure while for components localisation Tata Autocomp Systems and Tata Chemicals have been approached. Tata Reality and Infrastructure is being looked for operations platform and TCS for software and apps. #autojobs4u #Tatamotors #Electricmobility #automobileindustry #automotiveupdates