Sustainable E-Mobility conference to focus on e-mobility

The second national conference on Sustainable E-Mobility jointly organised by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), have stressed on the needs to develop and grow an ecosphere of e-mobility India. Experts from the industry focused on the road ahead for e-mobility and the challenges it faces.Harish Lakshman, President, ACMA commented, “The auto component industry in India is yet to fully absorb the magnitude and impact of e-mobility on future of the automotive industry. Being oblivious to this change in the mobility world, could be a big risk for the auto component industry.” “With unique usage and driving patterns in India, e-mobility solutions need to be tailored for cost effectiveness. The NMEM plans to deploy 5 to 7 million vehicles by 2020 will bring in positive growth opportunity for Indian auto industry”, said Dr. Rao Chalasani, Chairman, Frontier Technology Group, SIAM. The agenda for the conference was to explore the opportunities present against the backdrop of the government’s efforts to enthuse suppliers to be future ready and to take e-mobility to the next level. Ambuj Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MOHI) said, “My recommendations to OEMs and auto component manufacturers is to plug into the electric mobility scheme in real time, as we will be ready with the scheme soon. Let the industry be prepared to launch newer solutions to help the urban and semi-urban rural population to adopt e-mobility willingly in a big way”.Deepak Jain, Chairman STDC, ACMA commented, “The next decade is going to witness a significant growth in adoption of EVs in India and as long as majority of component manufacturers believe and invest in this transformation, we should be in good shape to harness the opportunity.”