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Event report: International Congress on the Electrical Vehicle Market, 2018

Hello bhipans, this is my first post on Team-bhp and I thought everyone could benefit from it. BRICS CCI conducted an "International Congress on Electrical Vehicle Market" on May 25, 2018 and I got a chance to attend it. It lasted for a good 7 hours with 17 different speakers giving their expert opinion on what the future holds for the EV industry in India and the world. To name a few speakers, Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Mr. Ketsu Zhang, Mr. Chetan Maini, Mr. Sohinder Singh Gill, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Dr. Jitendra K. Das et al.

To kick things off, India has been thinking of getting a move into the EV market since 2013. However, effective planning is required for the use of electric vehicles and many key stakeholders need to be involved to not just commercialise the EV market, but also to make it more sustainable and competitive in the future. Globalization has resulted in new partnerships and the government has been planning to set up charging stations on National Highways and smart cities, set up Delhi's largest charging station in New Moti Bagh, and establish 10 skill development EV centres, with the largest being in Delhi.

It was quickly criticised that moving from BSIV to BSVI norms, the cost of manufacturing goes up from 10% to 15%. Even though it will reduce the NOX and PM levels by 89%, it still adds up to the cost of a diesel-powered vehicle. Also, CNG has other reliability concerns such as requiring multiple cylinders in a commercial vehicle, being restricted to large and metro cities and not being suitable for long distances.

The Indian Automotive industry is growing at a 7-9% CAGR and 70% production comes from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. Currently, it has a 7% stake in the GDP of the country. The magnitude of the industry has provided tremendous opportunities and the Government aims to provide the best possible mobility to the people of this country and by 2020, it aims to launch EVs and Hybrids commercially. It's not too far away when we see the buses being electric powered. EVs, however, could be an answer to the short-term needs as to get them going, an "Uber" for EV charging needs to be created, just like the current fuel-pump network. And this will be beneficial to EV owners, EV manufacturers, Charging station owners, Charging station manufacturers, Sponsors, Banks and the Government. Mr. Ketsu Zhang, who is the executive director of BYD India (A chinese electric-car manufacturer) claimed that they are eyeing to launch electric buses for Indian roads in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, etc.

The current limitations associated with this are: Range anxiety, Lack of suitable infrastructure, technology development, stocking EV aggregate supplies or spares, and that a high voltage is associated with an EV which could also result in danger. It was also mentioned that EVs are quieter, which is alarming for pedestrians. Further, the problem with Lithium is that it is not available in abundance like fossil fuels and it's not okay to shift all the focus on that source for future as depending solely upon Lithium-powered batteries is not the answer to the long-term future needs and alternatives need to be looked upon by the industry specialists. Moreover, electricity to charge the EVs is generated from coal which is why the sustainability takes a hit. Raw material has to be imported, so there is a risk of a bad investment and a Battery management system (BMS) required for assembling cells as a pack as the cell size needs to be cylindrical and prismatic.


To put things into perspective, solving these problems isn't such hard a task. EVs have a lot of advantages and everyone knows about them. Higher the weight, more the energy requirement. Thus, if manufacturers try to reduce the weight of the vehicles by using Aluminium, which is rigid and lighter. For this, establishing a closed loop model for using and recycling aluminium.

So what does the future hold for EVs?
There are 4 main charging technologies, namely Overnight charging, Opportunity Charging, Battery Swapping and Flash Charging. Merging digital and physical platforms and using software to tackle complex problems. This can be done by using IOT to monitor the issues and amalgamation of connected, autonomous, shared mobility and electric (CASE). Technology is enabling the digital transformation and the idea of augmented reality to redesign systems. Charging roads are being built in China where the car could get charged while running on the roads. Azure cloud of Microsoft makes single blocks consisting 22,000 cores per block. Blockchain will play a vital role by:

Class 1 blockchain
• Decentralized ledger
• Secure and trusted way to make payment o

Class 2 blockchain
• Decouple the kWh in suburbs and rural areas
• Dynamic pricing will help the users of this class

Class 3 blockchain
• Will help enforce penalty in smart contracts which are held in escrow, and will help in automating the process of smart charging stations

How we design the cars in the future shall be very different from the current process of designing the cars and evolution of software-powered batteries will also take place in the near future.

So, what are your thoughts on this?
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