The Big Question: Ile ładowarek do pojazdów elektrycznych potrzebuje Europa?

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The Big Question: Ile ładowarek do pojazdów elektrycznych potrzebuje Europa?  „Jeśli infrastruktura ładowania nie nadąży, branży pojazdów elektrycznych trudno będzie utrzymać wzrost” – powiedział Manoj Raghavan, dyrektor generalny Tata Elxsi.  CZYTAJ WIĘCEJ : http://pl.euronews.com/2025/11/03/the-big-question-ile-ladowarek-do-pojazdow-elektrycznych-potrzebuje-europa  Zasubskrybuj nasz kanał.Euronews jest dostępny na Dailymotion w 12 językach

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00:00Zobaczmy, że to nie ma dobrej user experience.

00:02Dla infrastruktura to rampa uporzalne bardzo szybko.

00:05I think that is hope.

00:11Welcome to The Big Question,

00:13the series from Euronews,

00:14where we address some of the most important issues

00:16on the business agenda.

00:18I'm Hannah Brown,

00:19and today I'm joined by CEO and Managing Director

00:21of Tata Elksi, Manoj Rokhavan.

00:23So thank you very much for joining me, Manoj.

00:25Thank you.

00:26First of all, for those in our audience

00:27who might not know precisely what Tata Elksi do,

00:31can you just explain, please?

00:32But Tata Elksi is focused on product design

00:35and the engineering space.

00:36We focus on three verticals.

00:38Automotive is the largest vertical for us.

00:40We also do work in the media and telecom,

00:42as well as the healthcare and life sciences space.

00:44So a lot of the work that we do

00:46are cutting edge, next generation product development

00:49and maintaining the existing products

00:51and value add and so on.

00:53So that's the business that we do.

00:54So as you said there,

00:56that Tata Elksi does a lot of design

00:57and technology innovation

00:58within the automotive industry.

01:00Right now, there's a big push towards EVs in Europe.

01:03But in your opinion,

01:04what are the key barriers

01:05to increased adoption here in Europe?

01:07One is the cost.

01:08Most EVs today retail at about,

01:11you know, 40,000 to 50,000 euros.

01:12For mass adoption of EVs,

01:14the price comes down to around 25,000 euros.

01:16I think you will see a lot more adoption, right?

01:18Number two is the availability

01:20of charging infrastructure.

01:22Of course, you know,

01:23charging at the home infrastructure

01:25is already available.

01:26But what is more important

01:27is the public charging infrastructure.

01:29Today in Europe,

01:30maybe more than a million

01:32public charging facilities are available.

01:35And to meet Europe's goal

01:36of the Fit for 55

01:37and, you know,

01:38reducing the carbon emission

01:39by 55 person in 2030,

01:42Europe needs minimum

01:443.5 million public charging,

01:46you know, infrastructure

01:47to be available.

01:48all the way to maybe

01:49some reports talk about

01:518 million public charging infrastructure

01:52that is needed.

01:53However, the challenge

01:54is not just about

01:55the number of public charging infrastructure.

01:57The challenge is also about

01:58the number of fast chargers

01:59that are available

02:00because people would not like

02:02to spend more than 10 minutes

02:03or 15 minutes

02:04charging their cars.

02:06And so unless you have

02:06the fast chargers

02:08that are available,

02:09the experience for the driver

02:10and the passengers

02:11is not going to be great.

02:13So I think today

02:14about 13.5% of these chargers

02:16are fast chargers.

02:18However, to reach

02:19the goals of 2030,

02:21maybe at least 60, 70%

02:22of these chargers

02:24have to be fast chargers.

02:25Most of these public chargers

02:26are concentrated

02:27in three major countries,

02:29Netherlands, Germany, and France.

02:31However, for EV uptake

02:34to, you know,

02:35to go up significantly,

02:36there has to be

02:37an equitable distribution

02:38of these public chargers

02:39in other countries as well,

02:40especially where people

02:41need to use it,

02:42along the highways,

02:43in rural areas.

02:44See, a lot of the infrastructure

02:45is built in the cities

02:46and so on.

02:48But looking at,

02:49you know,

02:49people driving long distances

02:51and so on,

02:52availability of these chargers

02:53on the highways

02:54and in rural areas

02:55are also going to be important.

02:57The electricity grid itself,

02:59right, you know,

03:00by 2030,

03:00when you have

03:01a lot more EV cars

03:02on the road

03:02and all of them charging

03:03into the network,

03:04the EV grid has to be updated.

03:06These are some of the issues

03:07that Europe has to address,

03:08you know,

03:09before, you know,

03:10EV can meaningfully

03:11pick up the speed.

03:18So in 2024,

03:20according to

03:21the International Energy Agency,

03:23their data said

03:24that across the EU,

03:25on average,

03:26there was around

03:26one charger

03:27for every 13 EVs.

03:29But that was a decrease

03:30of about 10%

03:31on 2023 ratios,

03:33which means

03:34that EV ownership

03:35is growing,

03:36but we're not

03:37matching that

03:37with infrastructure growth,

03:38right?

03:39So what ratio

03:40should we be looking for

03:41and what would be

03:42the consequence

03:43if we don't keep up

03:44with that charging

03:45infrastructure growth?

03:46Charging infrastructure

03:47has to ramp up

03:48pretty rapidly, right?

03:49So we are looking at

03:51between 1 to 2

03:53or 1 to 3

03:53sort of ratios, right?

03:55So it's a,

03:55you know,

03:56far higher ratio

03:57as compared to

03:571 to 12

03:58or 1 to 13

03:59today that you have.

04:00That is definitely

04:01going to be critical

04:02because as you have

04:03more EVs on the road

04:04and especially

04:06during either peak hours

04:08or during holiday season

04:09when everybody's

04:11on the road

04:12and the chargers

04:13are clogged,

04:14that doesn't give

04:15a good user experience.

04:16People will soon

04:17start missing

04:17their ICE engine.

04:18So I think

04:19unless the charging

04:20infrastructure,

04:21you know,

04:21keeps up,

04:22it'll be difficult

04:23for the EV industry

04:25to sustain,

04:25you know,

04:26the growth.

04:27So it's very,

04:28very critical

04:28at this point.

04:29Thinking about

04:29what you do

04:30at Tatoelxi,

04:31you know,

04:32what innovations here

04:33can help with this issue,

04:34whether that is

04:35with chargers

04:36or with batteries?

04:37In five years

04:38or in ten years,

04:39we'll have a lot more

04:40new materials

04:40that come out

04:41that, you know,

04:42you can charge

04:42maybe in five minutes

04:43that gives

04:44a thousand kilometer range

04:46and so on.

04:46So I think

04:47the industry demands,

04:49you know,

04:49range,

04:50industry demands

04:51fast charging

04:51and I'm sure

04:52that, you know,

04:53all of that

04:53will come out

04:54in no time.

04:55And the range anxiety,

04:57I would say,

04:58would be a thing

04:58of the past, right?

04:59I mean,

05:00today if you see

05:00some of the technologies

05:01that are there

05:02in China

05:02and so on,

05:04there are some OEMs

05:04that are talking of,

05:05you know,

05:06battery swapping.

05:07You don't need

05:07to wait

05:08for you to charge

05:0815 minutes

05:09or half an hour

05:10and so on.

05:10You drive in

05:11to a battery swapping center,

05:12they remove the battery

05:14and give you

05:15a fresh,

05:16fully charged battery

05:17all in under five minutes.

05:19Of course,

05:19when you talk of battery,

05:20it is, you know,

05:21lithium and NMC

05:22and, you know,

05:23all of these

05:23are either

05:24bare earth

05:24and the supply

05:25is available

05:25only in certain parts

05:27of the world

05:27and today,

05:29if you look at it,

05:29only a few countries

05:30have monopolized

05:31the entire lithium

05:33and lithium ore

05:34and so on,

05:34including manufacturing

05:36of all these batteries

05:38are also limited

05:38to a few countries

05:40in the world.

05:41So that puts a lot

05:41of, you know,

05:42supply chain risks

05:43as well.

05:44I think the best case

05:45situation for Mother Earth

05:47is that we have

05:48some alternate material

05:50that is available

05:50in abundance,

05:51right?

05:52Maybe silica,

05:52maybe sand,

05:53maybe sodium

05:54and so on.

05:55There are a lot

05:55of research

05:56that is happening

05:57in which case

05:58then we really

05:59don't need to

05:59do all this mining

06:00for lithium

06:01and, you know,

06:02the other rare earth

06:03heavy metals

06:03and so on.

06:04So actually,

06:05all of these design

06:05innovations

06:06that we've discussed

06:07could all be

06:07massive game changers

06:09in the evolution

06:09of EV adoption

06:11but what will

06:13all of these things

06:13do to the price?

06:15Yeah,

06:15EVs are definitely

06:16not cheap.

06:17I think the

06:17major component

06:18of, you know,

06:19if you look at an EV

06:20from a price perspective

06:22is the batteries.

06:23So a lot of focus

06:25has been on the industry

06:25to bring down

06:26the price of the batteries.

06:27I think the industry,

06:28I think we've succeeded

06:29in really bringing

06:30down the price

06:30of the batteries

06:31over the last five years

06:32or last 10 years.

06:33It has been significant.

06:34I mean,

06:35by a factor of two or three,

06:36the price have come down,

06:37right?

06:37And I'm sure

06:38moving forward

06:39in the next five years

06:41and so on,

06:42the prices would still

06:43keep coming down

06:44and the focus is

06:45to see how we can use

06:46commonly available

06:47material, right?

06:48So definitely

06:49the hope is that

06:51it won't involve

06:52expensive processing

06:53and so on

06:53and we will be able

06:55to bring down

06:56prices even

06:56for the alternate

06:57technologies

06:58that we're looking at.

06:59So from a technology

07:00perspective,

07:01from a design

07:02thinking perspective

07:02with tools like AI

07:04and what it does

07:05is it helps companies

07:06get it right first.

07:07You simulate,

07:08you do everything

07:09on a virtual platform,

07:10you design digitally,

07:12you sort out

07:13all the issues

07:13ahead of time

07:14and then you put it

07:15into the car

07:15and so on, right?

07:16Of course,

07:17you still need to

07:17manufacture a few prototypes

07:19but earlier

07:20before you launch a car

07:21you manufacture,

07:22you know,

07:22200, 300 units

07:23and each of these units

07:24are very expensive

07:25and so on

07:26and do a full driving

07:27and end-to-end testing

07:28using those prototypes.

07:30Today, a lot of that

07:31can be done virtually

07:31using simulation platforms.

07:34So yes,

07:35I think technology

07:37that is available,

07:38you know,

07:38moving forward

07:39will really help,

07:40I would say,

07:41bring down the price

07:41even further.

07:42So I think that is hope.

07:44Okay, brilliant.

07:44And on that note,

07:46that's all we have time for

07:47but thank you so much

07:48for joining me today

07:48on The Big Question.

07:49Thank you.

07:50Thank you Anna.

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