Abstract:

Electric mobility is no longer a want, but a necessity for decarbonizing the urban transport sector. Meeting India’s electric mobility goals requires a mix of battery swapping and charging infrastructure, increased in-house production of sub-systems, enhanced revenue sources, rebalancing of expenditures within state and city budgets and fare adjustment. In this video, Dr O.P. Agarwal, CEO, WRI India, sets the context followed by a brief presentation by Subrata Chakrabarty, Senior Manager, Climate Program, WRI India on the current status of the urban transport sector in India and the low-carbon policy scenarios designed using the EPS tool. The session also elucidated the need for harnessing the decarbonization potential of electric buses through cost parity, improved tendering, and operational efficiency.