The missing link: India's EV revolution is waiting for charging stations

The scarcity and poor viability of charging stations remains a major obstacle to the government's green mobility ambitions

Transport minister Nitin Gadkari has frequently made ambitious announcements on the timelines for the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in India. The latest is a plan to eliminate sales of petrol, India’s most consumed road fuel after diesel, and substitute it with greener options.
 

“With full faith I want to say that petrol will vanish from the country after five years. Your cars and scooters will either be on green hydrogen, ethanol flex fuel, CNG or LNG,” Gadkari said this month.
 

Given that comments from the government are often sounding boards rather than sound policies, and even assuming that Gadkari