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Global Mobility Summit

OVE 2018, a Global Mobility to private modes of travel. The Internet-
Summit was organised by enabled Connected Sharing Economy is
MNITI Aayog in collaboration emerging as the fulcrum of mobility.”
with various ministries and industry Speaking on the government’s
partners in September with an objective achievements, Modi said, the pace of
to facilitate vehicle electrification, construction of highways has doubled,
renewable energy integration & job rural road-building programme has
growth and also speed up India’s been re-energised, fuel efficient and
transition to a clean energy economy. cleaner fuel vehicles are being promoted
A first of its kind summit saw over and low-cost air connectivity in under-
2200 participants from across the world served regions is being developed.”
including leaders from the government, Addressing CEOs of Indian and global
industry, research organizations, automobile companies as part of the were released outlining the results of
academia, think tanks and civil society. Summit, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister this consultative process.
Components of the Summit included: for Road Transport and Highways,
the core conclave, digital exhibition, Shipping, Water Resources, River Special features were the webinars
Mobility Week with featured events and Development & Ganga Rejuvenation held with participants from around the
a variety of stakeholder consultations. emphasized the need to bring down world between July 30 -August 3 and
MoveHack, the global hackathon with
Speaking at the Global Mobility the huge cost of petroleum imports around 35,000 registrations for coding
Summit ‘MOVE’, Prime Minister that the country bears and reiterated solutions to mobility problems.
Narendra Modi, said, “ “My vision his appeal to the automobile sector to
The Digital Exhibition also showcased
for the future of mobility in India is shift to electricity or alternate fuels like installations including models, screens,
based on 7 Cs: common, connected, ethanol, methanol, bio-diesel or hybrid. vehicles and more at the cutting edge
convenient, congestion-free, charged, He also appealed to the industry to of mobility technology. It also included
clean, cutting-edge. Mobility should be explore inland waterways and coastal a 360-degree immersive experience,
safe, affordable and accessible for all shipping as alternate and cheaper highlighting the quantum mobility
sections of the society.” means of transportation. jump that India is poised for.
Stating that charged mobility is A state-specific issues were also
the way forward, the Prime Minister discussed, to evolve a shared, Some of the thematic sessions were:
said the government wants to drive connected, zero emission and inclusive Maximising Asset Utilisation,
investments across the value chain from mobility agenda for the future. A Comprehensive Electrification &
batteries to smart charging to electric Compendium of State Strategies, Alternative Fuels, Reinventing Public
vehicle manufacturing. “We need to a Summary Compendium and a Transport, Goods Transport & Logistics
ensure that public transport is preferred Compendium of Global Best Practices and Data Analytics and Mobility.

Delhi govt to set up charging infra Portable fuel pumps
for e-buses elhi-based Alinz Portable Petrol

he Delhi government is planning to promote electric mobility Pump Pvt Ltd, which has Czech
in a big way in the city and as a part of that, it plans to induct DRepublic as its technology
Telectric-run buses for public transport from March 2019. partner, is planning to introduce
portable fuel pumps in the country. The
The government has started working on providing the petrol pumps can help cut the land and
supporting infrastructure such as charging points for these time needed to set up a filling station
buses. It will be constructing bus depots at six locations for the in the country and would be especially
1,000 electric buses. The electric power for charging the buses useful in land-scarce and difficult areas.
and the housing of requisite numbers of charging units shall be The company plans to set up four
the responsibility of the concessionaire(s) who will arrange the to seven production units across the
infrastructure at their own cost, in consultation with discoms. country. The pumps’ capacity varies
Apart from DTC depots where these buses would be parked, from 10,000 litres to 35,000 litres. It
there are also plans to provide charging points along bus routes. can dispense diesel, petrol and LPG.

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