In the United States, luxury-car buyers are snapping up Teslas and other electric cars that cost more than $60,000, and even relatively cheap models cost more than $25,000.

In India, those are all out of reach of the vast majority of families, whose median income is just $2,400. But an electric vehicle movement is taking place nonetheless — not on four wheels, but on two and three.

“The best thing is, there’s no pollution,” said Singh, who pays about half as much for fresh batteries as he would to fill the tank of a conventional rickshaw. “I feel proud and that India will become stronger.”

Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/indias-electric-vehicle-boom-is-built-on-mopeds-and-rickshaws-not-teslas/articleshow/93976903.cms