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Automotive influencer warns people against buying EVs. His grouse lies with charging ports

There are underlying issues regarding chargers and charging installations in all high-rise societies across India, from Worli to Indiranagar and Begumpet to Zirakpur.

In a recent post, Gaurav Yadav, founder of GaadiWaadi and leading automotive influencer, argued that people should not buy an EV. With over 1 million views, his reel led to considerable anger from the rather virulent community of EV enthusiasts in India.

But as he told me this past week, it isn’t because he is against electric vehicles. Far from it.

The trigger for his Reel was a note his residential society in Gurugram had sent to all residents—to remove their electric vehicle chargers. This is because the society was not able to get a ‘No-Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the Gurugram fire department.

Yadav said that if you have access to your own charger at home, an electric vehicle makes immense sense, and I agree with him. I have a home charger, and it not only makes electric vehicles easier to test when I get them, but also allows me to keep them long-term. This is not only convenient during periods of heavy air pollution and the resultant GRAP rules in the NCR, but also in terms of cost.

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