China has established itself as the global reference case for electric vehicle adoption over the past decade, scaling faster and building deeper supply chains through industrial policy that translated into market dominance. India's EV journey has taken a markedly different path, characterized as slower, noisier, and more fragmented in approach.
The analysis highlights fundamental differences in how the two Asian powers have approached electric vehicle market development. China leveraged coordinated industrial policy to achieve rapid scaling and supply chain integration, while India's strategy has been less centralized and more dispersed across various initiatives.