Abstract:

By any measure, India’s electric vehicle (EV) aspirations are steep from where we stand today. As a market, India sells only a fraction of EVs annually as the aggregate two- and four-wheeler sales daily. Based on the recent research findings, this report is set in the context of the electricity grid-level impact of EVs and the drivers and fallouts from a large-scale transition to EVs, of an ongoing study by the authors. Through this study, the authors intend to explore specific aspects related to peak coincidence of EVs’ demand and Time of Day (ToD) aspects, heterogeneities between private and fleet vehicle charging behaviour and requirements, local issues of distribution capacity, carbon and grid utilisation co-benefits, tariff design strategies and fiscal implications of powering mobility.