Scope of Electric Vehicles in India and Tourism: A Review Paper

Abstract

Air pollution is the major factor for mortality worldwide. Each year, more people die from air pollution–related disease than from any other cause. Switching to renewable energy resources could reduce the destruction caused from air pollution annually. Also due to the increasing oil price trend and the environmental issues, there are strong motivations and inceptions towards using sustainable environmental friendly alternatives. One such example is Electric Vehicles (EVs).

Emerging trends in transportation is prefered among all drivers, and particularly Millennials. Clean transportation advocates a timely and compelling opportunity to introduce new technologies to the tourism marketplace. Emerging among them is plug-in electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles technology, which has advantages like innovation, lower cost, and low-emission of harmful pollutants.

This paper reviews the basics about EVs, current trends, and future scopes of EVs in tourism.