Start-ups driving Smart Mobility 2.0 swear by electric vehicles

EVs will become a more than $300-bn market by 2030. Charging of these vehicles is still a constraint and, therefore, all the players in this segment have created their own captive charging stations

A corporate taxi service operator in the National Capital Region (NCR) is ecstatic. Till last month, getting “green” high-security number plates for their electric car fleet was turning out to be an uphill task. But August onwards, electric cars have started getting green number plates to give them a distinct environment-friendly identity.

This identity, that sets them apart as non-polluters compared to fossil fuel-driven vehicles, is the business model for a clutch of start-ups that are promoting electric mobility parallel to the government’s electric public transport.

The start-ups operating electric taxi service — mainly across NCR, Bengaluru and Mumbai —