This pioneering book explores the intricacies of the landscape of electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in India. Due to favorable Government frameworks propagation of electric vehicles is happening at a fast pace. This year, 2020 is predicted to be the tipping point for electric mobility. As our automotive industry giants embark on a new EV paradigm – shape, structure, technology, material used in automobiles are getting transformed.

The insights from this book are meant to address the recent technology advancements, the low carbon footprint mobility segment, emerging EV Battery technologies, operating principles of Electric Motors, the changes in electric drive train systems, the regenerative braking system, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment with various types of EV chargers and the establishment of an appropriate charging infrastructure.

The book further dwells into the major challenges on getting EV policy out sooner or later to keep the e-mobilization on track. The industry players and manufacturers unequivocally aligned with the government`s vision. The mobility service providers must take various actions to ramp up industry by integrating by EVs into the public transportation networks. 

Dr. Parag Diwan currently the CEO of EV Oracle, a think-tank as well as a niche consulting firm in area of e-Mobility segment. The firm provides innovative business models, solutions, technology guidance, sourcing services and capacity enhancement services for the entire gamut of e-Mobility value chain.

With over 35 years of diversified corporate and academic leadership experience, Dr. Diwan is widely acclaimed as energy and education specialist. He co-founded India`s first energy focused academic institution, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) and served as its first Vice Chancellor for 15 years.

He has multifaceted consulting experience and concurrently serves as Managing Director of Paradigm Consulting which has provided professional services to many organizations and institutions in area of energy, education and entrepreneurship for over two decades.

He has wide ranging interests; apart from his long enduring passion of reading and writing he also likes to tinker with cars. He is also a technology buff always curious to know about emerging technologies and their applications.

He has more than 200 published papers and authored and co-authored about 40 books on various management, engineering and energy topics and has also been a contributing editor to various journals.

Dr. Diwan won several national and international awards for his accomplishments including those at London and Houston. He was also awarded a prestigious HP fellowship for his work in the field of online education.