India is witnessing a major shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) as more people embrace sustainable mobility. With growing environmental awareness and government initiatives, the country is actively pushing for an EV-driven future. However, despite this progress, range anxiety is the biggest concern of all and a major challenge remains the availability of charging infrastructure at appropriate locations to neutralise this.
The TCS Future-Ready eMobility Study 2025 reinforces this, with 60% of consumers ranking charging availability among their top concerns when purchasing an EV. Additionally, 74% of OEMs cite inadequate charging infrastructure as a key barrier to market growth.
Further, according to the recent data of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, presented in Parliament, it is clear that nearly half of India’s states and union territories still lack a single operational EV charging station. This gap is a prominent hurdle in the country’s electric mobility transition esp. for Intercity as well as intracity transits.
The challenge isn’t just about installing chargers—it’s about ensuring their accessibility, reliability, and maintenance.
As the industry seeks solutions, it’s time to rethink the way we approach EV charging. Fixed charging stations are not the only solution. Innovative models that bring charging directly to the vehicle rather than requiring vehicles to seek out a charging station can accelerate infrastructure expansion and enhance user convenience. Mobile charging solutions, on-the-go energy delivery, and flexible charging services are reshaping how we power electric vehicles, offering an alternative to the limitations of static infrastructure.
Considering the real estate cost across the Metros and Tier 2 and 3 towns, offering dedicated space, where only EVs need charging is going to further increase as the percentage of EVs as projected grows, making the viability of infra cost vs ROI questionable.
Solutions like customisable B2B energy storage and charging solutions being offered by Mobec Innovation mobec.io, are surely an answer to such a challenge. Recently, at Bharat Mobility 2025, the solution offered by Maruti’s Nexa, ‘Service on Wheels’ indicated readiness to offer such a solution that can change the dynamics of the charging infrastructure by being available on a wherever and whenever basis. Seamless energy access besides empowering the on-the-go needs shall also eliminate the biggest doubt, enabling the purchase decision to own an EV.
In a classic, where charging infrastructure reaches the electric vehicle in need, rather than the other way around, such innovations surely make EV adoption more practical and accessible. Coexistence of a combination of static and portable energy storage and charging solutions shall address the need of our nation to shift to EVs and more sustainable solutions addressing our nation’s Viksit Bharat vision.
