India Can Become World Leader Of EV: Berkeley Report
Berkeley National Laboratory and UCLA concluded in a recent research and stated that India contains potential to become a world leader in the production of EVs. The research named “Freight Trucks in India are Primed for Electrification” done last month said that India can create a booming homegrown EV industry in upcoming decade or so.
The research has also touched a point that this transition of EV from diesel engine vehicles can help India to meet the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070
According to the study, over 70 per cent of all road cargo movement in India is carried by diesel vehicles, and this percentage has been gradually increasing for more than 20 years.
In India, which imports 16 per cent of all imports and 88 per cent of its crude oil consumption, diesel trucks account for around 57 per cent of the petroleum used for transportation. Therefore, issues about air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, freight costs, trade balance, and energy security are greatly influenced by diesel-based trucking, it was said.
"Calculations shows that, at the average grid emissions intensity for India, BETs eliminate air pollution along highways and in crowded locations in addition to reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of freight by 9 per cent to 35 per cent across different classes of vehicles when compared to diesel."
The study also finds that with getting mature the electric trucks may have a lower cost of ownership compared to diesel trucks across the range of weight classes.
The report's author, Berkeley Lab research scientist Nikit Abhyankar, told news agency PTI that electric trucks will be crucial to "improving India's energy security and lowering the cost of commodities transit."
