(The article first appeared in BBC on October 25, 2021)
- India sold more electric vehicles in September than any month previously. Sales have been rising since April – the start of this financial year – and are already nearing the previous year’s total. It’s a glimmer of hope for an industry that has been struggling with a global shortage in semiconductor chips, coming on the heels of a period of sluggish growth. But it’s only a glimmer. Electric vehicle sales – 121,900 this financial year – account for only 1.66% of India’s 20 million automobile sales, according to the Delhi-based think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)…
