Transportation
Greening India’s Home and Vehicle Demand with Low-cost Finance
Pursuing low-carbon development is central to India’s Paris Agreement climate goals. In this pursuit, net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs) and electric vehicles (EVs) are the two high-leverage areas. The ability to deliver vast emission reductions across rural and urban settings has brought NZEBs and EVs to the centre of the climate…
Paving the Path to Efficient Urban Freight Systems
Goods movement is an integral part of the urban economy. The rising urban population and the growth of sectors such as e-commerce, construction, and manufacturing have made logistics vehicles ubiquitous in our cities. With this, logistics vehicles’ impacts on urban liveability are becoming more pronounced. Chiefly, urban freight vehicles are…
Incentives, Choices and EMIs – The ICE Recipe for Electric Vehicles
This article was coauthored by Anand GCP, COO, Micelio Mobility and originally published on ET Auto and The Economic Times. Across the world, merely 8,000 electric cars were sold in 2010 but the decade ended with the sale of about 20 lakh such vehicles. While Norway crossed the…
Electric Vehicles May be the Answer to Rising Fuel Prices
This article was originally published in the EMobility+ magazine (page 42-43). Over the last two months, India’s second wave of COVID-19 has brought urban areas to a standstill. The public health and socioeconomic impacts of the lockdown have been devastating for families across the country. Now, as we slowly…
Opportunities for Cleaner, More Efficient Freight Transport in India
This article was coauthored by Pranav Lakhina and Samhita Shiledar of RMI. India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driven by the rising demand for goods and services in India, demand for freight transport is expected to grow fivefold over the next three decades. While…