India must aim to build a global brand in electric

India's EV industry needs to lower dependence on imported parts, create its own standards and encourage R&D and innovation.

- Brian de Souza

India's EV sector must aim to build a global brand in electric, create its own standards and ensure that there is no compromise on safety-related issues, says Chetan Maini, chairman of Sun Mobility. He made these remarks in a keynote address at the Autocar Professional's Two-wheeler EV Forum.

Maini started his address by focusing on, in his view, the three key opportunities India has in the EV space. These, he said, include tapping opportunities in personal and commercial, leveraging the entire ecosystem, not just the product per se, and creating the right Indian standards.

Maini, however, said that there were many challenges along the way that the EV sector would have to overcome. These included lowering reliance on imported parts such as batteries and electronics, strengthening R&Dand encouraging innovation and design, amongst another factors. Then drawing a parallel with the existing ecosystem, he said "We need to replicate in the EV domain what we have been able to achieve in ICE," he said.