EESL has thrown open a challenge for entrepreneurs and startups to develop more efficient electric cars.
As part of a two months-long innovation challenge Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), along with World Bank and World Resources Institute (WRI) throws open a challenge to develop electric cars that are more efficient in terms of performance and cheaper than what it had sought in its e-cars tender last year. It has sought variants of electric cars that can run 200 km or more on a single charge and is priced not more than Rs 10 lakh. The solutions, if viable, will be scaled up and commercialised by EESL, senior officials said to Economic Times.
Apart from electric mobility, the challenge also seeks solutions in grid management, energy storage, and financial instruments for sustainable funding, among others. EESL has also sought solutions in the field of charging stations, which is instrumental for the success of electric mobility initiative in India.
Subsidy for charging stations
Power secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the launch of the innovation challenge said that the ministry has asked the department of heavy industries to subsidise setting up charging stations to help the electric car market pick up.
He said the government expects the challenge to bring forth scalable solutions that can be adopted for integration of renewable energy and promoting electric mobility in the country. EESL managing director Saurabh Kumar said the government is exploring better solutions than what is already available at present.
