in a month largest in the segment with 56 per cent market share the company is already struggling with dampened scooter sales and introduction to bsviit is likely to take the biggest hit considering it is still analysing indian markets potential for electric vehicles in the coming yearsrecently honda announced that they have no plans for bringing in electric vehicles at least till 2020 however the company has the technology to manufacture electric vehicles and is catering its pcx product to international markets but not introducing in indian markets would lead to wiping off its entire scooter segmentbajaj auto on the other hand has indicated its plans to drive in electric vehicles around 83 per cent of the companys sales is from motorcycles under or equal to 150cc tvs on the other hand plans to introduce escooter and is expected to bring its creon scooter buy the end of this fiscal according to industry analysts only 25 per cent of twowheelers in upto 150cc segment can be electrified given that the sentiments remain positive infrastructure boosts and companies start producing evs for marketalso watch cuttingedge electric twowheelers around the worldthe question is when the companies have the technology and sources why are they taking time to consider mass ev manufacturing one the transition to mass electrification will require massive investments according to bloomberg chinas electriccar makers have raised 18 billion since 2011 for the indian market too companies will need to make similar investmentsmoreover in a country like india consumers are still not versed with the concept of driving evs thus the situation is skeptical about whether the consumer will be able to bear the cost parity the cost of an electric scooter is expected to be almost double that of existing ice scooters for example an activa 125 bsvi compliant is expected to cost around rs 65000 whereas ather energys electric twowheeler ather 450 will cost rs 124 lakhsince the industry is under a transition phase from bsiv to bsvi norms huge developments and investments are being made for it importing lithium which is a prerequisite for evs increases the cost of battery and utilizes more than 30 per cent of overall production costthus twowheeler manufacturers are urging the government to reconsider the timeline for mandating electric vehicles read alsoonly electric 2wheelers may be sold in country after 2025india has the potential to lead electric twowheeler race sachin bansalsiam cii urge govt to hold wider consultations follow practical approach on electric vehiclesniti aayog calls meeting to discuss ev timeline issue after industry furore bajaj autos managing director rajiv bajaj also opined that it is impractical to target such a scale when none of the stakeholders currently possess any meaningful experience with any of the pieces of the ev puzzlehe further said that targeting a changeover through corporate average fuel efficiency caf norms electric vehicles for all vehicle categories from a particular date such as 2023 or 2025 starting with the most polluted cities of india can be an appropriate