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Jammu, the city of temples, is the winter capital of union

territory of Jammu & Kashmir, India, lying on the banks of
river Tawi. With an approximate area of about 167 km2 and
registered vehicles about 785217, as per records of
(Earlytimes), the city has been experiencing a lot of
congestion on roads and excessive air pollution from the past
few years. The air quality index has risen to 147 due to
massive air pollution (Jammu AQI).The recommended range
for AQI is 51to 100.The present state of AQI is unhealthy for
sensitive age groups.
Major group of public transport in Jammu city relies on the
mini buses, which again is outdated in terms of efficiency and
pollution control, the rest is dependent on personal cars
leading in congestion. Electric mobility is needed as soon as
possible to overcome these situations. Electric mobility has
numerous advantages leading to better surroundings such as
these vehicles are highly environment friendly as there are no
tailpipe emissions, have significantly higher efficiency about
85% as it doesn’t contain heat generating elements, requires
less maintenance, is more spacious due to less reciprocating
parts, doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, hence generating no
pollution. Along with all these major contributing advantages
electric mobility also has certain weaknesses. These vehicles
give range anxiety, requires charging after a while. Also there
is need to establish a number of charging stations. Moreover,
owning an electric vehicle is costlier than traditional gasoline
vehicles. Again these weaknesses are here for a while; they
will be minimized in coming future.
Technology plays a major role in electric mobility. Today the
electric vehicles have a limited travel range and the batteries
are expensive. The range anxiety of the electric vehicles can
be reduced by introducing large batteries and more fast
charging stations in its range radius. There are some electric
cars available which can travel about 400-500 km in single
charge. Jammu is a small city so range anxiety is not much of
issue. There is limited charging infrastructure available.
Technology has made significant changes since 1830, which
has led to successful and reliable electric vehicles. The EV
battery can be used as storage for renewable energy and can
support the grid via vehicle to grid technology. Electric cars
are more convenient to use than the traditional ones due to no
gear technology. Smart Technology in EV’s will ensure better
traffic management to avoid congestion on roads. We can
observe the difference in the efficiencies of ICE cars and EV’s
on (fuel economy). Keeping in mind the business perspective,
electric cars are pretty much low maintenance. Also the fuel
price for gasoline is pretty much high as compared to the
electricity. Electricity produced from renewable sources will
be more convenient and environment friendly in city like
Jammu. The key issue in business aspect is the ownership of
electric vehicles. It’s highly expensive and most of people will
get distracted from EV’s due to its high ownership cost.
That’s where the third aspect of electric mobility comes in
place, i.e. Government policies. Government should interfere
to simulate electric mobility. It should provide subsidies and
schemes to people who are willing to shift to electric vehicles.
Convincing people to buy electric cars is a major task and
govt. should spread awareness regarding it for people to shift
towards electric mobility. But from getting bankrupt
government must set some ground rules and limits to allocate
it. Moreover, to replace the loss due to shutting of gasoline
vehicles govt. should provide incentives and replace the
petroleum industries by renewable sources of energy.
To conclude I would say electric mobility is for a better future
a safe future and should be adopted as earliest possible to
reduce congestion and pollution.