transition to electric vehicles has the potential to cut reliance on oil and offer zero emission mobility for a cleaner environmentby anil srivastava and joseph tejathe new normal for all of us in these days is watching deep blue skies during the day gazing stars at night waking up to the chirping of birds and the aqi hovering around liveable standards which our cities had not experienced in last few decades if not more the earth is teaching mankind the simplicity of life which the human race had taken to unmanageable levels of complexities while it heals itself the pandemic is looming large life in lockdown seems surrealistic which was unimagineable until it was announced which caught us by surprise and without adequate time to prepare for this kind of emergency the days ahead are difficult and we are not sure how long this would last advt but whenever the routine life resumes albiet slowly and gradually in a staggered maner one thing is certain life will not be the same as it was before the pandemic struck the world we have been taught probably in the harshest way that with improved air and water quality life on earth has drastically improved not just for humans but also for the flora and fauna around us which had been degraded by our own efforts for a quest for 24 x 7 lifestyle adopting lopsided growth models with absolute disregard towards ecology the switch over to cleaner mobility solutions offers opportunities for manufacturing across a range of products and services such as electric vehicles vehicle components batteries ev chargers charging infrastructure and generating milions of jobs across industries and skills levels this is an opportunity for us to change our perspective towards our surroundings the environment and people around us and to think of the impacts that our actions have on society and country at large the choice is ours whether we continue to burn fossil fuels and pollute our air water and land or to opt for cleaner healthier and environment friendly options this may be a bit expensive in the beginning but with greater acceptability would become affordable in due course of time inevitable technological advances and disruptions are common globally in modern times all spheres of our lives be it the way we work travel shop study or entertain ourselves mobility and efficient logistics are the key drivers of the economy and as a developing country we need to embrace solutions that are sustainable and equitable for the masses india can leapfrog the western mobility paradigm of privatevehicle ownership and create a shared clean and connected mobility system saving 876 million metric tons of oil equivalent worth 330 billion inr 20 lakh crore and 1 gigatonne of carbondioxide emissions by 2030 transition to electric vehicles has the potential to cut reliance on oil and offer zero emission mobility for a cleaner environment advt there is a need for large scale investments in cell manufacturing in order to achive