Road to Viksit Bharat

India's transition to zero-emission trucking (ZET) is presented as a critical lever for reducing road transport emissions and enhancing energy security. The briefing argues that achieving 85 percent ZET sales by 2050 could abate 2.8 gigatons of CO2 and save US$1.4 trillion in diesel costs. To achieve this, the document proposes five building blocks: aggregating demand in early-moving sectors, mobilizing blended finance, deploying charging infrastructure on priority corridors, scaling local manufacturing of batteries and fuel cells, and aligning national and state policy incentives.

• Transitioning to zero-emission trucks (ZET) offers significant environmental and economic benefits for India. Achieving 85 percent ZET sales by 2050 is estimated to abate 2.8 gigatons of CO2, reduce particulate matter and NOx pollution by approximately 40 percent, and save ₹116 lakh crore (US$1.4 trillion) by displacing 993 billion liters of diesel. Additionally, this shift could lower logistics costs by 17 percent and create 4,000 GWh of battery demand.
• The document proposes five essential building blocks to scale ZET deployment in India: aggregating procurement in sectors like cement, steel, ports, mining, and e-commerce; using blended finance and risk-sharing models to mobilize capital; deploying charging infrastructure on high-traffic freight routes; expanding domestic production of trucks, batteries, and fuel cells; and aligning national and state policies through subsidies and localization incentives.

APA

RMI (2025). Road to Viksit Bharat. https://rmi.org/resources/road-to-viksit-bharat/

Chicago

RMI. Road to Viksit Bharat. 2025. https://rmi.org/resources/road-to-viksit-bharat/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2025road, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Road to Viksit Bharat}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2025}, month = aug, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/road-to-viksit-bharat/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }