India Energy storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading clean energy and technology alliance, is a launching a dedicated electric mobility and EV Infrastructure platform called ‘India Electric Mobility Council’ (IEMC) on 12th January 2023 at Le-Meridian, New Delhi. This all-inclusive, technology-agnostic platform will cater to all stakeholders in the EV ecosystem including EV OEMs, components providers, charging infrastructure and battery swapping companies.

Although India is in the nascent stages of the EV revolution, the EV sales and adoption is fast and picking up every day. EVs are already one of the fastest-growing vehicle markets. They are the future’s transportation and are no longer an exclusive option to early adopters. EVs make up only about 2 percent of total automobile sales in India, but the Union and state government have set targets to increase EV adoption in the next decade.[1]

Figure 1. IESA launching India Electric Mobility Council

IESA launching India Electric Mobility Council is shown in figure 1. Mr. Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA, said, "The India Electric Mobility Council (IEMC) initiative by IESA is intended to explore opportunities for India to exploit the potential of R&D and manufacturing of e-mobility technologies and support quicker adoption of clean transport. IEMC will also work with government and various stakeholders to address the barriers and focus on the aspects related to safety & standards, charging infrastructure development, battery swapping, V2G mechanism for India."

He also added that IEMC aims to serve and support more than 100+ EV and infra-related member companies to become the largest EV platform in India by the end of this year. [2]

Industry body India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is launching a dedicated platform called ‘India Electric Mobility Council’ (IEMC) to cater to all EV stakeholders including EV OEMs, components providers, charging infrastructure, and battery swapping companies.

Currently, EVs make up only about 2% of total automobile sales in India, but the Union and state governments have set targets to increase EV adoption in the next decade.

EV sales are expected to grow sharply driven by government programs like production-linked incentive (PLI), FAME, and phased manufacturing program. The technologies that are driving the revolution are becoming more precise, with a focus on decreasing prices and increasing manufacturing efficiency and product performance. [3]

To take the whole industry forward, there is urgent need for a single technology-agnostic platform to cater all EV stakeholders. To address this gap, IESA is launching India Electric Mobility Council (IEMC) with the active participation of EV manufacturers, component and equipment providers, fleet operators, battery technology providers, charging infrastructure and service providers, battery swapping companies and other key stakeholders. The launch event will witness the active participation from 60+ CXOs from the leading and emerging EV community.[4]

References:

1. https://emobilityplus.com/2023/01/10/iesa-launches-india-electric-mobility-council-iemc-platform-to-support-indian-ev-ecosystem/
2. https://etn.news/buzz/iesa-launching-india-electric-mobility-council-iemc-to-support-indian-ev-ecosystem
3. https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2023/01/10/iesa-launching-india-electric-mobility-council/
4. https://emobilityplus.com/2023/01/10/iesa-launches-india-electric-mobility-council-iemc-platform-to-support-indian-ev-ecosystem/

Cite this article:

Gokula Nandhini K (2023), IESA launching India Electric Mobility Council, AnaTechmaz, pp. 143