India’s first indigenously-developed hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology bus was unveiled late August, with the fuel cell — which uses hydrogen and air to generate electricity onboard to power the bus — being developed jointly by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Pune-based automotive software company KPIT Ltd. This is being seen as a milestone of sorts, especially given the government’s strong electric vehicle (EV) policy push that comes amid a struggle to make inroads into the global lithium (Li) value chain, which has prompted a rethink on the need to diversify the country’s dependency on Li-ion batteries in the overall EV mix.
New Delhi’s electric mobility is largely focussed on battery electric vehicles (BEV) as the key platform to replace the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, with Li-ion seen as the most viable battery option for…
Switching lanes in EV race: Amid Lithium headwinds, India sets sight on H-fuel cells
