Electric vehicle market and stocks

India’s push toward electric vehicles is creating opportunities for companies in ancillary spaces such as battery manufacturing, according to an analyst at diversified financial services firm Motilal Oswal.

The move toward electric vehicles is “inevitable” globally as well as in India, where higher fuel prices can make owning cars that run on electricity comparatively more affordable, Siddhartha Khemka, head of research for retail, said Monday on CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia.”

“The acceptability will increase once you have the infrastructure,” he said.

There are two basic types of electric vehicles: Those that rely on batteries and the hybrid vehicles that use both batteries as well as plugging into an external source of power, such as a charging station.

The bulk of the excitement in India’s electric vehicle sector is in ancillary spaces where companies are working with global players, many of whom are looking to enter the lucrative market, according to Khemka.

“You have on one hand the battery manufacturers, which are looking to develop the battery for the EVs, and on the other side, you have companies like Motherson Sumi, who are into the electrical part of the vehicles,” he said, adding, “They are getting increasing shares of business globally from the (electric vehicle) space.”