India's Electric Vehicle (EV) Landscape: Expert Perspectives on Readiness and Environmental Sustainability

The purpose of this study is to investigate India's readiness for electric vehicles (EVs) and their potential to improve environmental sustainability. As concerns about climate change and pollution grow, the shift to EVs has become a pressing global need. With its rapidly growing population and increasing urbanization, India presents both distinct difficulties and possibilities in this area. This empirical study looks at several aspects of India's EV ecosystem, including as infrastructure and policy support, as well as consumer adoption and manufacturing capacities. Based on focus group analysis on 13 experts from varied field like Automobile, Government, Academician and Industry.  The structured analysis unfold the factors that are affecting the adoption of Electric Vehicles. The key identified factors were cost, Environmental concern, perceived performance, range anxiety, and  lack of charging infrastructure.   This report intends to shed light on the current challenges in India's journey toward a greener and more sustainable transportation future by a detailed examination of present trends, obstacles, and potential.