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Why electric cars are not finding good market in India inspite of very low running expences .?

Day in and day out we are hearing of good outturn of petrol/diesel driven cars of various make but we wre not hearing anything about electrical car of Rewa car company , any progress in it's advancement or production capacity nor their are any new production in the segment of such cars inspite of the car being pollution friendly with low running costs as well. Such cars can atleast become popular within city limits.

Public Comments

1. Yes it is very cheap & pollution frindly. To use this car, proper advertisement, lack of knowledge ,lack of awareness & lack of improvement activities from mfg.unit.People expect new model & high speed vechile, so electric car mfg.unit as to see to improve the same & then people automatically divert from petrol to electric. Finally our "BESCOM"as to give current to charge the car!!!
2. The price and practicality is the main factors, These electric powered cars are very limited capacity to travel in a full charge (Less than 150 km) and the time to recharge, also is inconvenient. Above all, the price is not much attracting, when you compare with a petrol powered car.
3. Indian people want glamour! & this is new concept it will take some time but certainely after success of e-bikes, e-cars cirtainely hit indian roads soon!
4. Because initial cost of Electric Vehical is very High. Also people are not sure about Batter Life & Maintanence Cost. The power is also less then Petrol Diesel Vehicals. Electric Vehicals can't overtake Petrol Diesel Vehicals at all.
5. Absolutely no encouragement from the government,no subsidies to purchase such cars.Australian government gives a subsidy of about Rs.70,000/-per car for conversion to gas,or on new gas run cars.Such subsidies on electric cars will certainly give a knock-out competition to other cars.When will these politicians grow to check the rising pollution in the cities.
6. To popularise e-cars suggest 1. govt subsidy 2.Lesser road tax as compared to equivalent P-cars as incentive for using non-polluting vehicle 3.Technology improvement by more mileage per amps and battery longevity
7. Well Reva car company recently got a grant of U. S. 20 Million! from NRIs and Researchers in US and Europe. They have realised that little genius is the only way to save our wonderful Blue Planet from the wrath of Global Warming. But sadly this cannot be said of our own Indian Govt. and people living here. The main problem affecting Reva is it's capacity. Since it runs on battery packs, it needs to charged constantly. Also if run with A/C on which is mandatory in hot Indian conditions the mileage given drops to 40 K. M. only. With a full charge you get a decent 55-60 K. M. as one of my friends claimed. But the problem is charging points. O. K. you can get a convenient charging point in your garage. Of course you can do the same in your Office parking lot, provided you are the boss or you can twist your boss for support. But while shopping and long distance drive it would be absolutely maddening to have the car stalled and having to pass a gas station. Solution the Indian Govt. should take steps to promote electric cars as future proof solution by providing charging hotspots like WiFi hotspots and mobile charging outlets in airports. But if it does it then its biggest money spinner Indian Oil and ONGC will go bankrupt!!!.
8. I'm in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and electric cars aren't appearing in any quantity here, either. My guess is that the reasons (in India) is rather similar to the reasons (in Canada.) My Forest-and-Trees view: The electric vehicle option will be difficult for many people. Even at VEVA, the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, most of its officers either don't own an electric car, or have EV's that aren't working, or have EV's that they are going to sell due to frustration with parts and components. In another example, Bayla at Flora Health in Burnaby (BC, Canada) alleged that his company gave up on an electric minivan, that was made by CANEV, because its Trojan batteries only provided usable range for a short while. Their female staff were scared to drive Flora's e-minivan because they didn't know how far it would go. At times, even after a full charge, it lost power after just going around the block. (My group knows why Flora's batteries didn't work properly.) So, Bayla says Flora traded in their electric minivan for a Prius hybrid, losing thousands of dollars on their EV project. This isn't the only EV disaster story in BC. However, my group is determined to find every solution to make EV's work reliably, for everyday use. It took me two years to solve the six major hurdles to electric biking. We're determined to win, in the electric 4-wheel game, too. Cheers, Rob Matthies
9. If you have a cell phone then you will understand the problem we are facing with recharging the batteries.Cell phone doesn't draw current fully.It's consumption is uniform.But in automobiles you need more or less power continuously and the batteries they are introducing are not suitable as they stated.Once the battery is drained fully,you need long hrs to recharge it which is practically difficult to do.