to function as a onestop destination for all information on evs like charging facility locations and ev financing options as well as information about investment opportunities government policies and available subsidies similarly there will also be an ev super app that will serve as a singular mobile phone solution for all details on charging and tariffs etcnearterm outlookunder the aforementioned schemes approvals have been granted for 6315 electrical buses 2877 ev charging stations amounting to 6663 million in 68 cities across 25 statesunion territories and 1576 charging stations amounting to 1439 million across nine expressways and 16 highwaysin may 2021 the government announced a productionlinked scheme pli for acc battery storage manufacturing with the objective of domestic manufacturing of ev batteries the pli scheme was also approved for the automobile and drone industry in september 2021 this is aimed at reducing dependency on imports and lower coststhere is now a massive number of ev startups in india but it is the mainstream players consumers have their eyes set on tvs motor company and bajaj auto have already launched their electric scooters the likes of hero motocorp and suzuki are also set to launch one besides these startups like ather energy have grown to level where they enjoy customer trust and following in electric passenger vehicle sales tata motors is currently leading with the likes of the nexon ev mahindra unveiled five new electric suvs just this month luxury carmakers like mercedesbenz audi porsche all have their evs in their lineups in india bottom line is the industry holds immense potential that a wide array of stakeholders will benefit from as soon as the industry can work out energy generation and storage manufacturing of battery packs and mineral procurement the shift to electrics is inevitable its just a matter of how quickly