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'Govt needs to promote basket of clean auto fuels, not just electric mobility'
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Feb, 2021
Indian Auto LPC Coalition, the industry body of auto LPG stakeholders
has urged the government to promote a number of clean alternative fuels
for automobiles, rather than just focusing on electric mobility.
Citing
the recent power grid failure in the American state of Texas, the
industry body in a statement said that the incident has reignited
concerns over the perils of turning to an all-electric future.
"For
India, which is planning an almost complete switch to Electric
Vehicles, the Texan crisis serves as a reminder of the need to promote a
basket of clean alternative fuels, rather than focus single-mindedly on
electric mobility," it said.
The threat of power failures and
grid disruptions is real across the world and this raises questions over
the viability of a strategy that shifts all transport solutions to
electricity, it said.
Suyash Gupta, Director General, Indian Auto
LPG Coalition said: "Climate change is already upon us as is evident by
extreme weather events being witnessed across the world, be it the
freeze in Texas, the deadly glacier-break in Uttarakhand or the changing
winter pattern in Munnar."
Noting that such extreme weather
events may become a norm, he said: "India must take this into account
while planning its long-term energy policies. In such a scenario,
investing in a basket of clean alternative fuels to include low hanging
and immediately viable fuels such as Auto LPG is a more viable long-term
strategy, rather than banking totally on electric vehicle technology."
Gupta
was of the view that the government must reconsider its EV-only
strategy and opt for promoting a wide variety of clean alternative
fuels. Auto LPG is one such immediately available solution that can
replace petrol and diesel right away and reap immense benefits for the
environment, he said.
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