Ragini Saxena And Siddharth Philip Bloomberg

India reached a milestone at the end of last year when it overtook China as the world's most populous nation. But that explosive growth is hardly reflected in the size of its commercial aviation fleet.

In India, where an increasing number of consumers aspire to own bigger cars to cope with the country's notoriously potholed roads and bad traffic, automakers are betting on low-cost battery-powered SUVs to capture the budding electric vehicle market.

India reached a milestone at the end of last year when it overtook China as the world's most populous nation. But that explosive growth is hardly reflected in the size of its commercial aviation fleet.

In India, where an increasing number of consumers aspire to own bigger cars to cope with the country's notoriously potholed roads and bad traffic, automakers are betting on low-cost battery-powered SUVs to capture the budding electric vehicle market.