Electric Vehicle in India: 5 Pros and Cons of buying an EV

Electric Vehicle in India: In the present times, when everyone is looking forward to buy an Electric Vehice, keeping aside the conventional vehicles run by fossil fuels. Indian Government is also making efforts for a paradigm shift from conventional vehicles to electric vehicles till 2030. Today, In this article we will discuss the 5 pros and cons of buying Electric Vehicle in India. Let's explore the topic in detail below.

5 Pros Of buying EV in India:

Eco-friendly:

Electric vehicles don't contributes in producing greenhouse gases in any manner. So, they contributes in reducing air pollution and saving energy too.

Low Maintenance cost:

Electric vehicles are relatively low maintenance vehicles than the conventional fossil fuel consuming vehicles, So it becomes the best pocket friendly option available in a long run. We are saying this because charging on EV is always cheaper than refueling a conventional vehicle with petrol or diesel.

Government Initiative:

Government and EV manufacturing companies provide various incentives and subsidies in an effort to make people switch to electric vehicles. In case of India , Indian Government provides Tax reimbursement, Income tax benefits and financial incentives to purchase EVs.

Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels:

Motor vehicles are one of the major consumers of fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel in India. Our country imports a major part of these fuels as we don't have abundant fossil fuel resource in our own country. We are forced to depend on other countries for these resources, a paradigm shift to EVs will reduce the dominance of fuel exporting countries that will lead to decreased prices of these fuels in the international market.

More Advance and Futuristic:

EV market is fast growing market, EV manufacturing companies are frequently experimenting with the modern features in their vehicles. So, the possibility of advance technology and new features are more in EVs rather than conventional vehicles.

Cons Of Buying Electric Vehicles:

High buying Cost:

Electric vehicles comes in higher price range rather than conventional vehicles. This is mainly because of the high cost motor and batteries that constitutes the major part of the EV.

Charging Infrastructure:

Limited EV charging infrastructure also becomes a reason to not buy an EV in India. But, Indian Government is making efforts to grow EV charging infrastructure on a large scale.

Less Range:

Companies are steadily working on increasing the range of the EVs by introducing new features like battery power regeneration. It's not wrong to say that EVs have limited range, they can't travel to long distance journeys.

Higher Charging duration:

Generally an EV takes 5 to 7 hours to fully charge its battery and it is much higher han refueling a conventional vehicle which becomes a considerable barrier for longer trips.

Degradation Of Battery:

After a span of time, the battery of EVs gets degraded and needs to be replaced again and battery reolacement can be a major expense for the EV owner, although battery takes years to be completely degraded.

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