India And France Sign MoU For Collaboration To Boost Use Of evs

The Union Cabinet as been apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France that seeks to support the governments ambitious plan for the deployment of electrical vehicles by maximising solar mobility and minimising its grid impact.
The MoU was signed in October between the Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI), India and Commissariat à lenergie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA) — French state-owned research entity, and BlueStorage SAS, a French company.
The objective of the MoU is to define the modalities of discussions about future collaboration in a pilot project to provide SECI an e-vehicle charging station with embedded batteries, powered by solar panels and optimised connection to the grid. The release said that the MoU seeks to support “Indian governments ambitious plan for the deployment of electrical vehicles by maximising solar mobility and minimising its grid impact”.
Prior to that, the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) signed an MoU with France’s National Solar Energy Institute (INES). The MoU identified various areas of cooperation which would help the growth of clean energy in both countries. Both the countries also agreed to work with International Solar Alliance (ISA) member nations and implement pilot projects. In May 2018, India signed a MoU with France to cooperate in the field of renewable energy. Through the signed MoU, the two countries promised to work to promote technical bilateral cooperation on renewable energy issues.