An innovative initiative towards the future of India’s clean energy mobility industry
National Electric Vehicle Initiative (NEVI) will ensure smart mobility solutions in India
New Delhi, December 5, 2017: India Center Foundation (ICF), a not for profit and non-governmental organisation, which has been working for over two decades towards nation’s socio-economic development, today announces the collaboration with the renowned Japanese EV maker, e-Gle to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) in all segments, including passenger, public passenger and larger mobility solutions in India.
Japanese EV maker e-Gle, has developed EV technology based on in-wheel motor drive technology, and perfected it over the last thirty years to achieve the highest level of performance and functionality at low cost of production. Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Shimuzu, President and CEO e-Gle and the innovator behind the electric vehicle technology said: “We are delighted to be a part of the NEVI initiative. We believe that India’s mobility transformation presents an enormous economic opportunity, innovative business models and supportive policy frameworks that can help make India a global hub for manufacturing electric vehicles and their components.”
Distinguished Indian and Global leaders including, Dr. Gong Ping Yeh, Fermilab, US Department of Energy, Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra, Director, U.S. Department of Energy, Mr. Rakesh Batra, Partner and National leader, Automotive Sector, EY India, Mr. Pranav Mehta, Chairman, National Solar Energy Federation of India will be speaking for the topic at the event.
NEVI would be discussed at length and the topics will comprise of four key technology trends in the automotive industry – electrification, shared mobility, connectivity and autonomous driving during the upcoming Global Partnership Summit (GPS) 2017 which is scheduled to be held at Aerocity, New delhi from 11th to 14th December 2017.
India, being the fifth largest car market in the world, with more than 3 million cars sold in FY17 as per a recent report, holds huge potential for implementing the initiative. To build strong momentum for the adoption of EV’s in the near future, aspects like stricter emission regulations, lower battery costs, more widely available fast changing infrastructure, increasing consumer acceptance and better total cost of ownership will have to be looked into closely.
The visionary behind the initiative is Mr. Vibhav Kant Upadhyay who has been at the forefront of many key development initiatives in the past two decades. He is also the Founder Chairman, GPS which is evolved from the successful- India-Japan Global Partnership (IJGP) Initiative.
Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Upadhyay said: “NEVI is one among many initiatives to be announced at the Summit that will lay the foundation of India’s vision of an energy efficient and sustainable economy. This Summit will provide a micro view of a grand vision for global partners to share knowledge, expertise and resources and provide solutions for a better future.”
This initiative of smart mobility is based on the Alternative Development Model (ADM) which is guided by the principles of Energy efficiency, Environmental responsibility and Sustainability (EES.)
About Global Partnership Summit:
The Global Partnership Summit (GPS) has evolved from the India Japan Global Partnership (IJGP) initiative and is a platform to integrate ideologies, ideas, initiatives, projects, processes, people and policies. It allows for global partners to share knowledge, expertise and resources and work towards a common objective of establishing an Alternative Development Model (ADM) framework. Through core values such as co-operation, collaboration and inclusivity, GPS aims to establish, models of development that will focus on empowerment and sustainability. GPS intends to converge the needs of today into the viability of tomorrow, thus becoming a formidable platform to take forward the mission of an all-encompassing, holistic development framework.
About ICF
India Center Foundation (ICF) is a non-partisan and not-for-profit organization, instituted with a vision of contributing towards India’s nation building process by working as a CATALYST. Our mission is to help evolve thought processes and new models of socio-economic framework for India, by mapping the aspirations of this burgeoning nation to the availability of resources. The new framework thus evolved will be Energy efficient, Environmentally responsible and Sustainable and will also contribute towards empowering societies across the globe.