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With the maturity in EV technologies and push of governments worldwide for e-mobility, the EV market has expanded in the past few years. Research to reduce range anxiety, enhance the trust of EV users, reduce the weight of the battery, and establish user-friendly charging stations are a few ways the EV and supporting equipment manufacturers are working to build a momentum of sales in the market. Oil and gas companies are also preparing to operate towards sustainable e-mobility. The smart charging infrastructure market is reported to segmented into EV sales, mobility services, electricity sales to charge EVs, installation and maintenance of charging infrastructure, operation of smart charging stations and the utility grid, and ancillary services [21, 65].

EV sales include the different types of EVs sold in the market, such as consumer vehicles, private vehicles, public transport service vehicles, and heavy vehicles. Mobility services include app development and management to provide services at the users’ fingertips, perform data collection and analysis to increase reliability in operation, EV fleet management, booking of slots, and much more. The market keeps evolving with competition between both well-known and emerging companies, each of them seeking to increase their share of the market.