With electric vehicles (EVs) fast becoming the new reality, Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has expressed a need to emerge as pioneers in developing leading battery and power-train technologies.
Besides, the Minister has called upon the EV sector to shift towards a completely indigenous battery technology in the coming years. This could be metal-air, metal-ion and other potential technologies in the R&D pipeline.
Gadkari also pointed out the need to achieve the goal of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat in Transport Sector, adding that it is necessary to dedicate the coming years to rigorous research and development of such alternative battery technologies with the support of Institutions of Eminence (IoEs), industry, scientists, engineers and the government.