{"id":12933,"date":"2026-08-01T04:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2026-08-01T04:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:49:43","slug":"why-ev-trucks-are-still-missing-from-indias-highways-bt-infrastructure-summit-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=12933","title":{"rendered":"Why EV Trucks Are Still Missing From India&#039;s Highways | BT Infrastructure Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>BT Infrastructure Summit 2026 | India has invested over \u20b910 lakh crore annually in infrastructure, but is that enough to build a globally competitive economy? In this insightful discussion, Pooja Shali speaks with Vinod Aggarwal, Vice Chairman of Eicher Motors and Chairman of VE Commercial Vehicles, on India&#8217;s next infrastructure challenge. Aggarwal says modern highways are only the beginning, as India must now improve logistics efficiency, supply chains, digital infrastructure and manufacturing competitiveness to achieve its long-term growth ambitions. He also explains why commercial vehicles must become safer, smarter and more fuel-efficient, while highlighting that electric trucks are still some distance away from mass adoption. Watch this compelling conversation on what it will take to power India&#8217;s next phase of economic growth and infrastructure transformation.<\/p> <\/div> <p>Business Today, BT Infrastructure Summit, Infra India 2047, India Highway, EV Market #Trucks #Missing #India039s #Highways #Infrastructure #Summit1785530983<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BT Infrastructure Summit 2026 | India has invested over \u20b910 lakh crore annually in infrastructure, but is that enough to build a globally competitive economy? In this insightful discussion, Pooja Shali speaks with Vinod Aggarwal, Vice Chairman of Eicher Motors and Chairman of VE Commercial Vehicles, on India&#8217;s next infrastructure challenge. Aggarwal says modern highways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49960,109,50018,24149,50017,1398,49945,4324,12377,1672,41691],"class_list":["post-12933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-bt-infrastructure-summit","tag-business-today","tag-ev-market","tag-highways","tag-india-highway","tag-india039s","tag-infra-india-2047","tag-infrastructure","tag-missing","tag-summit","tag-trucks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}