Wherever the train reached, the demand for EV increased, China made a big revelation

EV vehicles are expanding rapidly in India. The government and companies are trying their best to increase EVs. But the path to adopting electric vehicles in India will go through railways only. At least the figures are telling this. We know that railways have emerged as a medium of fast and luxurious travel. Actually, a study has been done recently in China. Some figures have come out from this study. These figures show that the path to adopting electric vehicles will go through railways only. So let us know this in detail.

The study told the whole story

A recent study of 328 Chinese cities found that high-speed rail (HSR) is closely linked to EVs. A correlation was found between the expansion of the high-speed rail network and the growing number of electric vehicles in China from 2010 to 2023. The Chinese high-speed rail network, which started with a single line in 2008, has now expanded to 96 percent of cities. Companies like Tesla entered China in 2014 and by 2023, there were more than 22 million electric vehicles on the road.

The figures are telling

The study revealed that the cities which got new high-speed rail network, have seen a significant increase in the sale of EVs. In such cities, the share of EVs increased by an average of 1.22 percent and the sales increased by 91.39 percent. The sale of EVs in India is still very low. Only about 3 percent of electric vehicles have been sold. The main reason for this is the lack of public charging stations. Their number is only 25,000.

More attention on roads than railways

India has given priority to its roads. At the same time, there has been a lack of investment in railways. In such a situation, the speed of Indian Railways is very low. In the year 2023, while express trains ran at an average speed of 51 km per hour, China's high-speed rail runs at a speed of 350 km per hour. The first bullet train in India will connect Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It is likely to start in the year 2026. For India to get 45 percent share of EVs like China, only subsidy or tax exemption will not work. For this, a fast railway network is needed.