According to a study by Berkeley National Laboratory and UCLA, India has the potential to overtake the rest of the world in the production of electric vehicles. The study stressed that switching from diesel-fueled trucks to electric-charged ones will help India achieve its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. 88% of the oil used in India is imported, while freight vehicles account for roughly 60% of all petroleum use in the country’s transportation sector.
According to a study released on Monday by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), electric trucks would be less expensive to operate than diesel trucks. India may also overtake the rest of the world as a producer of electric vehicles.
According to the report, the move will also assist India in lowering its dependency on imported oil, enhancing air quality, and achieving its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070.
According to Nikit Abhyankar, research scientist at Berkeley Lab and author of the study Freight Trucks in India are Primed for Electrification, electric trucks would be crucial to improving India’s energy security and lowering the cost of goods transportation. According to the paper, if electric vehicles were used instead of diesel trucks, greenhouse gas emissions would drop from 35% per kilometre to 9%. This is based on India’s current grid emissions.
According to report author and academic scientist at Berkeley Lab and UCLA Deepak Rajagopal, India had previously started very ambitious electrification initiatives. According to Rajagopal, the timing is now right to implement targeted rules regarding trucking, according to a statement issued by Berkeley Lab. Scientists from Berkeley Lab assessed how battery-electric trains may bring environmental justice, financial savings, and resilience to the US in similar study that was released last year.
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