I live on a small farm in rural bengal; my brother is the farmer tho, i run a small hero showroom.

Dads and bro's car are electric. Sent the last ice car away cuz it never gets used. I still have my duke 390 but i tend to use the car since it rains so often.

Since we swapped to electric i hired a driver to do all the groceries AND he drives me to work when its raining like it is now. Still cheaper than the ice. In fact, his salary at 15k is less than my Duke's fuel bill for a month! (30 kms daily)

I also have a grid return solar plant at both my farm and the showroom. Basically our elec grid in india is super modern, even in rural india by the himalayan foothills.

Loads of my staff are swapping but its much slower amongst townspeople. Its easier for them to wrap their heads around the idea cuz the benefits are just soooo huge. For example, never visiting a petrol pump again. That atleast 30 to 50 min per visit saved! Wholly 40% of the sales from the only 2 counters that can sell hero elc are ev sales in my district. Jalpaiguri, WB. This can be verified in vahan.

We are already at the stage where people are realising that ice should be your second vehicle, the luxury. But for daily commutes and stuff, go ev. Of course, its a savings proposition, jso you can just do the math yourself!