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by thewhitetulip 1688 days ago
I'm an avid fan of EVs, but a lot of issues are still there.

For eg, Ola hasn't made a single delivery yet. Also it is too costly for poor people. Forget delivery, they haven't even kept a single vehicle for test drive

Poor people in India struggle with eating twice a day, the ones who have to choose between grocery and medicine don't have 100k to give Ola for an electric 2 wheeler.

The price of petrol 2 wheelers is also shooting up.

Activa cost 40k INR jjst 7yrs ago. Today it's touching 100k INR.

Also range is a big issue as is the availability of chargers and electricity in general.

I read an interview in a newspaper where a daily wage labourer / small office worker said that he earned 500INR daily and has to travel 10km on his petrol bike and it's getting difficult to have any savings. I think.his exact words were "Can't explain to my kid why I didn't bring him any food item or a toy. I just don't have enough money as majority goes in petrol"

Also ruling party ministers have made bizzare claims like "only 5% ppl use petrol"

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op has put it correctly. Here people can't eat due to increasing prices (transportation of goods) and people are talking about climate change. fml