This report explores the reforms of the existing regulatory frameworks and governance structures for urban transport in India.

This study prioritizes battery-based Electric Vehicles (EVs) for the public transportation sector—a sector where the accelerated early-stage adoption of EVs can be fostered through public-sector intervention and set the trend for large-scale EV adoption.

With a population of 1.4 billion and one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, India will be vital for the future of the global energy markets. The Government of India has made impressive progress in recent years in increasing citizens’ access to electricity and clean cooking.

To expand India’s charging infrastructure, this report provides best practices from two of the largest EV markets – China and the United States – for the Indian context.

This report discusses the potential of electric mobility in India, the key challenges to electric vehicle (EV) adoption, lessons from global case studies, and the way forward, across six topics: public transport; sharing and mobility services; interoperable transit data; EV charging infrastructure; battery swapping; and battery manufacturing.

The report provides an understanding of segment wise propensity to transition to EVs by analyzing use cases and Total Cost of Ownership, and estimates the EV penetration by 2025 and 2030.

This toolkit refers to the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) Revised (2014) toolkit of the Ministry of Urban Development, India, which was developed by the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) Delhi, and UNEP DTU Partnership, along with Indian project partners from the UN Environment Project Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India.

To facilitate a sustainable electric mobility ecosystem in India, the role of power utilities will be a leading one, especially in deploying Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) within their license areas.

Electric vehicles continue to grow in popularity in Europe and around the world as production costs fall, charging infrastructure is deployed, and the urgency to reduce the transport sector’s climate emissions grows.

This report examines the safety aspects associated with the increasing use of e-scooters and other forms of micromobility in cities. The rise of micromobility challenges existing regulations for urban traffic and forces policy makers to rethink them.