Proposed EV hub in Bengaluru will house 1000 startups, says IT/BT Minister

Karnataka's proposed EV hub on the outskirts of Bengaluru will house about 1,000 startups in the EV sector, State's IT/BT Minister CN Ashwath Narayan said on Thursday at the inaugural of an international mobility conference organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEI).

The government, the minister said, has already taken several measures to promote the growth of the automotive sector. Five centres of excellence will come up facilitating training, research, development, innovation and entrepreneurship.

The state, which is already the preferred destination for investments in IT/BT, semiconductor, and electronics sectors, would also become a premier hub of electric vehicles in a couple of years, Narayan said.


He also said that the government had given importance to eco-friendly fuel, environmental protection as prescribed by the United Nations. The government, he added, was seriously considering starting the production of eco- friendly hydrogen.

"Hassle free traffic has become a challenge in metropolitan cities such as Bengaluru. Traffic congestion was hurting both productive time of people as well as causing health hazards. Development of modern modes of transport including electric vehicles would help to deal with these problems," the Minister said.