The recent pollution debacle in India’s metro cities has been a wake-up call for the country. The alarming levels of carbon emission and subsequent poor air quality has convinced the Indian market to progress towards taking conscious precautions. And, in the race for creating a pollution-free environment, electric vehicles are leading the way. With the groundbreaking innovation brought forward by Tesla and the rising sales of electric vehicles in the US, EVs have garnered massive interest in the global market. Currently, India showcases low-margin sales, i.e. only 25 lakh electric vehicles are being sold annually in the country. However, a massive shift is on the horizon, as this time, the government has taken up the initiative to ensure that minimum 20 million electric and hybrid cars be sold by 2020. The imperatives of switching to EVs The biggest predicament faced by the EVs is its limited charging capacity and the unavailability of essential infrastructure to accustom such elect...