‘Govt to come out with policy on advanced battery tech to power EVs’

The government will adopt an integrated approach and come out with a policy to make India self-reliant in the area of advanced batter y technologies to power electric vehicles and other applications, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Pitching for an integrated approach for developing indigenous fuel cells in the field of electric vehicles, he said India today stands at the cusp of becoming the world leader in this field as well as automobile manufacturing.