fame ii and additional subsidies by the state governments have helped evs to go mainstream and encouraged the ev industry to introduce more innovative products for consumers several indian automakers are now offering highperformance electric twowheelers and are investing heavily in the development of the ev ecosystem consumer awareness has increased remarkably and the demand is very strong right now the indian ev industry is finally taking off in the next five years india will see a significant increase in electric vehicles with electric vehicles accounting for the majority of vehicles sold manish narang cofounder ceo ev plugsworld ev day by manish narang co founder at ev plugs ev adoption will see a massive rise in the coming few years as consumers are getting more and more conscious about the environmental impact of fossil fuelbased vehicles additionally rising fuel prices along with incentives provided by governments have made the option of choosing an ev a financially wiser decision samarth kholkar sandeep mukherjee cofounders blive2021 will go down as the year of the ev revolution in history theres massive growth in the indian ev market led by electric 2 wheeler there are several promising brands in the market that are working on e2w models that withstand all the mobility challenges in indiawe recently partnered with ather energy to facilitate charging infrastructure in tourist destinations starting with goa these blive ev zones were launched with complete support from the gtdc to further the adoption of evs in the state moreover key hospitality players like club mahindra ihcl have also further our efforts to drive ev adoption by leveraging popular tourist spots as indias first ev experiential platform we see tremendous potential in the growth of newer formats of retail like multibrand ev retail platforms left to right gautham maheswaran and arun sreyas cofounders racenergyarun sreyas cofounder of racenergywhile the market is beginning to realize the value of quick battery swaps and gaining instant juice there are very few players who are working on building the deep tech to enable this in order for india to emerge as a key leader in battery swapping and capitalize on the 8 billion market opportunity robust battery packs that can handle extreme temperatures vibrations rains and thousands of hot swaps in their lifetime are key left to right siddharth sikka and pulkit khurana founders battery smartpulkit khurana cofounder of battery smartits exciting to witness the ev revolution in india and an increasing number of players focusing on battery swapping for the country to become an ev nation a focus on swapping infrastructure and interoperability of batteries is a vital next step while swapping and the battery as a service model help address the highup front costs range anxiety and long charging time associated with adoption interoperable batteries are required to allow for the solution to work with 2w 3w and even smaller 4w thereby helping increase and accelerate mass adoption of evs ev day special well to wheel emissions evs head