:)
It’s the Economic Times India, so no excuse.... [can’t say I’ve not made similar goofs — still no excuse].
Did you proof for more, or stop reading there?
I like the “idea” of the electric car. Unfortunately the “reality” of the electric car has a Long, long way to go before the two meet.
Fledging is a perfectly good word. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledge
It is probably more accurate than “fledgling”. A fledgling is an immature but viable young bird. A fledging chick still depends on its parents for subsistence. The fledging electric car industry is still chirping away demanding more and more food from its government parents because it cannot feed itself.